Authorities in Islamic Republic fear renewed protest after calling on opposition to protest • 1,500 people killed during last month's protest

• Protesters during Tehran gasoline protest // Photo: IP

Iranian authorities dropped the internet network in several provinces after opposition officials called on the masses to come out tomorrow and protest against the atrocities perpetrated by the Ayatollah regime during the suppression of the state's gasoline protests last month.

According to semi-official sources within the country, authorities cut off the mobile Internet in the country's southern provinces, mainly near the border with Iraq and parts of the capital Tehran.

Unconfirmed reports from the state say hundreds attended a rally in Najafabad town in southern state. Videos circulated on social networks show protesters as they ride on scooters and motorcycles and read cries against the regime.

The disconnection of the Internet has characterized the fuel protest last month and is intended to prevent the regime's atrocities from leaking out of the country and make it harder for the protestors to organize and communicate with each other.

1,500 protesters were killed

Earlier this week, it was reported that Iranian security forces massacred no fewer than 1,500 protesters during the country's fuel protest last month. The information was disclosed by three Iranian officials to Reuters.

According to officials, the news agency claims to have held positions in the Interior Ministry of the Islamic Republic, including 13 minors, 400 women and several members of the security forces and the Revolutionary Guards who were eliminated by the protesters.

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The officials told the news agency that the decision to resort to harsh violence against the protesters was made at the highest echelons in the country, with Iran's top leader Ali Khamenei watching videos in which the protesters lit his portrait. According to the report, Khamenei instructed the security forces' heads: "Do whatever it takes to stop the protests."

Meanwhile, the opposition organization "The Mujahideen of the Iranian People" has confirmed the number of those killed in the demonstrations, claiming that he has 500 names of those killed in a wave of protests against the regime. According to the organization, more than 300 of those killed whose names were identified were killed in Tehran.

Fury for burning his pictures, Ali Khamenei // Photo: IP

About two weeks ago, the US Secretary of State estimated that the death toll could rise to more than 1,000 people. In the United States, Iran called for all the detainees to be released, and stood alongside the protesters. At the same time, President Donald Trump has unequivocally announced that he supports the right of the Iranians to demonstrate, even though he has previously stated that he does not want to change the regime in the country.

Meanwhile, along with the large amount of public buildings set ablaze and considerable damage to the country's infrastructure, reports from Iran reveal that authorities are continuing to locate bodies in the marshes and rivers of the southern state. There, the protest took on an ethnic character, with the Arab minority members demonstrating against continued Tehran control of the area and calling for greater autonomy for them.