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Iran protests 2026
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Message to Iran’s Women and Girls Who Created the Uprising
A thousand salutes to the courageous struggle of my dear sisters and daughters who rose up across Iran and, side by side with their brothers, set the flames of the uprising ablaze even brighter. In the very first days of the uprising in Hormozgan Province, the people of Bandar Abbas launched their protests led by brave women at the forefront. On January 4 in Mashhad, the people, again led by women, clashed with security forces while chanting “Death to the dictator.” In Tehran-Sar, 200 young women marched through the streets chanting “Freedom, freedom.” On January 7, women in Shiraz blocked the city’s streets. On January 8, the girls of Saravan filled the streets with cries of protest.
Qarchak Prison: Detained Women Protesters, Astronomical Bail, and the Ordeal of Families
According to a report published today, January 29, by the state-run Sharq newspaper, women protesters arrested during the January 2026 uprising in Tehran are being detained in harsh conditions in Qarchak Prison, while the men have been jailed in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, also known as Fashfuyeh, a prison notorious for its horrible conditions and violent circumstances threatening prisoners’ lives. The following report has been extracted from two reports published today by Sharq newspaper. According to Sharq, there is no official figure on the number of protesters detained during the recent uprising. Qarchak Prison has once again become one of the primary detention centers for women arrested during protests.
Gothenburg Rally Marks 105 Weeks of “No to Execution Tuesdays” and Solidarity with Iran Uprising
Gothenburg, Sweden – January 27, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to mark the 105th consecutive week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The movement protests the Iranian regime’s escalating wave of executions and systematic repression.
Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Berlin Call for February 7 Demonstration
Berlin, Germany — January 26, 2026 — Organizers of a photo exhibition and book table in Berlin issued a call to all freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of democracy to join a major demonstration in Berlin on February 7, 2026, in support of Iran’s nationwide uprising. The upcoming rally aims to honor the martyrs of the uprising and to demand freedom and the establishment of a democratic republic in Iran—one that categorically rejects all forms of dictatorship, whether the long-buried monarchical rule of the past or the current theocratic regime of the mullahs.
End of Impunity: The January Bloodbath in Iran Drags the IRGC to the EU Blacklist
For the people of Iran, the historic decision of the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization is more than a diplomatic maneuver; it is the – long due – legal recognition of decades of systematic crimes against humanity. This breakthrough is the direct result of a steadfast nation that has paid the price for freedom with the lives of its bravest children. This action marks a first step in ending the “unwritten impunity” for the regime’s primary engine of suppression and the beginning of a new chapter of international accountability.
Iranian Doctors Arrested En Masse Over Providing Medical Aid to Protesters
The arrest and repression of doctors and medical staff by the Iranian regime’s security agents in various cities continues. According to reports from Iran, agents have raided the homes and workplaces of doctors and medical personnel who helped treat injured protesters and violently arrested them. During the protests, at Golsar Hospital in Rasht alone, a large number of bodies were transferred from the hospital to the morgue, and more than ten teenage girls aged 16 to 17, who had been injured by gunfire, lost their lives. In one reported case, regime agents abducted an injured girl who had survived surgery, taking her from her hospital bed while she was still in postoperative condition.
Bandar Abbas Uprising: Eyewitness Accounts from Iran’s January 2026 Nationwide Revolt
During the nationwide uprising of January 2026, the southern port city of Bandar Abbas emerged as one of the key centers of popular resistance against Iran’s ruling theocracy. What follows is an account based on eyewitness testimonies and on-the-ground reports describing how the city’s streets became scenes of mass protests, violent clashes, systematic repression, and determined public defiance. On Thursday, January 1, 2026, demonstrations and confrontations unfolded in central Bandar Abbas. Protesters chanted slogans such as “Death to the entire regime” and “Honorable Iranians, support, support,” openly rejecting the ruling system and voicing collective anger toward the entirety of the establishment.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – January 29, 2026