The protest in Iran does not stop, and although perhaps because the death toll is increasing, it is also gaining momentum.
In the city of Oshanbeya, where the protesters recently managed to seize a weapons warehouse, prisoners were released from the local prison.
The Kurdish city in the West Azerbaijan province is actually under the control of the protesters.
Iranian security forces abandoned the city after several days of fighting.
"The city is under the rule of the people," said a local official, "this will have consequences for other cities as well."
An Iranian expatriate, who runs a news site from Germany and maintains contact with Oshanbayeh, residents set up barriers at the entrance to the city.
The Iranian army and the Revolutionary Guards moved units to the city to retake it.
Police join the protesters // Social networks
Dramatic documentation also came from the city of Tabriz: in a video from the scene, it appears that the police are joining the protesters.
Demonstrations were recorded in at least 80 cities and towns.
At least 41 people were killed.
They came to disperse gatherings - and kidnapped // Social networks
Demonstrations of support for the Iranian people were also throughout the Western world.
The protesters in Washington installed mannequins with the likeness of Ayatollah Khamenei and President Raisi, and attached choke nooses to them.
In Boston, as in many other places, the women cut their hair as a sign of solidarity with the women in Iran who cut their hair during the protests in defiance of the ban.
Khamenei and Raisi during the demonstration in Washington, photo: AFP
In the meantime, the US Treasury Department announced that it will remove some of the restrictions on the Internet inside Iran.
State Department Secretary Anthony Blinken tweeted: "To promote internet freedom and the free flow of information for the Iranian people, we have issued a general license to provide greater access to digital communications to circumvent the censorship imposed by the Iranian government."
The decision paved the way for the launch of SpaceX's "Starlink" satellite internet service.
This is not the first time that Elon Musk has come to the aid of those fighting for their freedom: for many months the service has also been helping Ukraine, which is fighting for its freedom.
One of the demonstration in Shiraz.
The women became the leaders of the protest // Social networks
The American step came after the authorities in Iran blocked the internet, to an extent not seen since 2019. Since the protest began, WhatsApp and Instagram services have been blocked.
In a short time, VPN services became the most popular in the Google app store among Iranian users.
In Tehran, however, they did not like the decision of the American treasury.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, said that Tehran will respond to any violation of its sovereignty.
"The US has been trying to disrupt stability and security in Iran for some time, but in vain," Kanani said, "it cannot hide its malicious intentions: easing sanctions on the media while maintaining maximum pressure (through the sanctions).
Both things are meant to provoke instability.
The attempts to damage Iran's sovereignty will not pass in silence."
A protester holds the photo of Mahsa Amini, before and after the visit to the police station, photo: GettyImages
The protest in Iran erupted after Mahsa Amini, a healthy 22-year-old, was arrested on September 13, taken to "re-education" for not wearing a hijab, and left the police station with severe injuries, which resulted in her death three days later.
However, her death appears to have been just the straw that broke the camel's back, and the protest has focused Iranian anger over corruption, economic failures and political repression.
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