On Friday, despite the regime’s severe crackdown, Iranians in Sistan and Baluchistan province held their protest, keeping the fire of the nationwide uprising aflame. Locals in Baluchistan again chanted popular slogans of the ongoing uprising, on its 135th day, such as “Death to [Ali] Khamenei”, “down with the oppressor, be it Shah or the Supreme Leader,” and “Our tables are empty; Khamenei is a criminal.”
They once again demonstrated the democratic nature of the revolution in the making by rejecting both religious fascism and the deposed Shah’s dictatorship.
Protesters also held signs rejecting the regime’s plot and efforts to misguide the uprising, painting protesters in this southeastern province as separationists. such as the recent pathetic campaign led by the former regime’s TV host and celebrities-turned dissidents, naming the son of the former dictator Reza Pahlavi as their leader and “advocate” and the authorities’ efforts. The Baluchi protesters’ signs read: “We do not need an individual as our advocate” and “If Kurds and Baluchies were separationists, they weren’t fighting for Iran.”
It is worth noting that Reza Pahlavi, who defends his father’s and grandfather’s heritages, has repeatedly acknowledged having close contact with the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) while rejecting any sort of radical form of dissent.
In an interview in 2018, he said, “I am in bilateral contacts with the (regime’s) military, the IRGC, and the Basij. We are communicating. They are signaling their preparation and express willingness to align with the people.”
Due to the dark record of his father and grandfather, and his own connections with the regime’s oppressive forces, Reza Pahlavi is despised by Iranians, mainly the ethnic minorities who suffered immensely at the hands of the Pahlavi dictatorships. Thus, in all of their protests, protesters in Sistan & Baluchistan reject any return to that vicious dictatorship by chanting slogans such as “death to the oppressor, be it Shah or Supreme Leader.” … .
Source:ncr-iran.org
