Mothers of the martyrs of the November 2019 uprising held a picket line at Tehran’s Azadi Square to express their solidarity with the people of Khuzestan, especially with the mothers who have lost their children in the recent protests over water shortage in that province. They chanted, “From Tehran to Khuzestan, Unite, Unite!” and “We are seeking our rights, we will hold hands until [the regime is] overthrown.”

The mothers of the martyrs of the November 2019 uprising marched in Azadi Avenue and then went to the Sadeghieh Metro Station and continued their calls for solidarity with the protests in Khuzestan.

As summer temperatures soared in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, water shortages became a pronounced crisis, sparking mass protests in a number of cities and towns including Ahvaz, Khorramshahr, Hamidiyeh, and Mahshahr. The first such demonstrations were recorded on July 15, and these helped to establish the messaging that would define the protests for two weeks and counting.

Many participants in the first night’s protests chanted, “We will not accept humiliation.” Over time, that slogan has been adapted to reflect the government’s violent response, so that many current participants are chanting, “Iranians die, but we will not accept humiliation.” The first known fatality from the unrest took place on the second day, July 16, and the victim was identified as 26-year-old Mostafa Na’imawi.

3rd July 2021 - Graduate teachers held a rally in front of the education ministry, protesting the unemployment conditions. The teachers were chanting, “We have science degrees, what we don't have are jobs,” “Our demand is employment,” and “We will not leave until we get our rights.”

These teachers have been regularly protesting in the past few months. The protesters are graduate teachers, known as karnam-e sabz (green report cardholders), who have passed the education ministry’s employment exam with an acceptable grade.

26 June 2021 - In a 45-page report, Amnesty International has analyzed a letter written by prisoner of conscience, Habib Afkari, brother of Navid Afkari (champion wrestler executed by the regime for his participation in the nationwide peaceful protests in 2019), and Vahid Afkari also currently in prison.

Habib's letter is a detailed and harrowing account of the brothers' arrest by the regime security forces following their participation in the 2019 uprisings in Iran. Amnesty International has explained that the accounts in this letter are part of a widespread problem in Iran, all going back to the regime.