Iran faces fresh wave of anti-government protests

Representatives of the Iranian opposition have organized fresh demonstrations in Tehran as well as in multiple cities worldwide.

On the evening of February 15, residents in several districts of the Iranian capital reportedly took to their balconies, chanting slogans including “Death to the Islamic Republic,” “Death to Khamenei,” and “Long live the Shah,” Der Spiegel reports.

The independent broadcaster Iran International, based outside Iran, released video footage showing groups of residents chanting: “Long live the Shah” and “This is not the final battle, Pahlavi will return.”

In Tehran’s Jannat Abad district, residents chanted slogans including “Long live the Shah,” “Death to Khamenei,” “Death to the traitorous IRGC,” and “IRGC killers.”

Similar demonstrations have reportedly taken place in several other cities across Iran, highlighting the continued momentum of opposition activity and public unrest.

In the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, chants included “Khamenei the tyrant, we will bury you underground,” alongside “Long live the Shah” and “This is the final battle.”

Residents in Shiraz chanted anti-government slogans around 8 p.m. local time, including “Death to Khamenei,” while similar chants were reported in Arak, where residents shouted “Death to Khamenei” and “Death to the dictator” from their homes.

In Karaj, west of Tehran, residents chanted anti-government slogans including “Until the mullahs are buried, this homeland won’t prosper.”

Residents in Mehrshahr and the Baghestan neighborhood of Alborz province also joined the chants, with slogans such as “Long live the Shah” and “Shout out for your Shah” broadcast over loudspeakers.

The chants followed calls by Pahlavi urging people inside Iran to voice protest slogans from their residences as demonstrations and diaspora rallies continued abroad.

By Vafa Guliyeva