Kanal13People of İran commemorates the thousands massacred across Iran by the reactionary regime during the recent wave of protests against its rule. Families in Iran traditionally hold commemorations for their loved ones 40 days after their death. Horrifying scenes are recorded here. The footage of young people being murdered before they even get married is especially shocking. In this case demonstrations spread around the country to cities and towns large and small. Chants included “Death to the dictator!” “Freedom, freedom, freedom!” and “Not for Gaza, not for Lebanon; I give my life for Iran” — a reflection of the deep-seated opposition among working people to the regime’s deadly attacks on Israel and its other military adventures in the region.
Oil workers in the south began to join the actions, as did oppressed nationalities, including Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs and Azerbaijanis, according to The militant media outlet. Merchants of the Grand Bazaar of Tehran have called for nationwide actions Feb. 18 and 19 to commemorate the thousands massacred across Iran. The merchants “invite the honorable people of Iran to simultaneously in their own cities keep the memory of those killed alive and continue the national uprising.” The “40th day is not the end,” the merchants said. “It is the beginning of our collective responsibility.” In statement the Council for Organizing Protests of Contract Oil Workers said, “You will hear our cry of rage and protest at the commemorations for those who were killed while seeking rights and freedom.”
The protests began Dec. 28 when shopkeepers and capitalist traders at the Tehran bazaar shut their doors and took to the streets in the face of rising prices and steep declines in the value of Iran’s national currency. Sections of the working class took advantage of the actions by the capitalist traders in the bazaar, who in the past had supported the regime, to broaden their own protests. Dozens were killed during the first week of demonstrations, before the regime unleashed its most murderous assaults Jan. 8 and 9, ending the protest wave for the moment.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, police, paramilitary thugs, and operatives brought in from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Tehran-organized militias in Iraq joined together in brutal assaults on protesters. Snipers, thugs with knives and clubs, and operatives with machine guns went on an orgy of killing. Instead of demoralizing working people, the massacre deepened their resolve to fight to overturn the regime. Funerals and the first 40-day commemorations for those killed in the first few days of the protests have already become anti-government actions, with hundreds chanting and dancing to celebrate the lives of those who were killed fighting for freedom. In some neighborhoods, photos of the dead are posted all over the streets. Original Article
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