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On the sixth consecutive day of protests, a group of students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences held a demonstration and sit-in demanding the release of detained Medical Personnel on Saturday, February 7, 2026. The protest comes amid growing dissatisfaction over security crackdowns on medical professionals and increasing restrictions imposed on activists in the healthcare sector. The protesting students strongly condemned the arrests and pressure exerted on doctors and Medical Personnel, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of those detained.
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In an opinion piece for the German paper die WELT, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, argues that the current protest movement is not a repeat of earlier unrest but a “matured” phase of confrontation with the clerical system that has reached a point “from which there is no going back.” She makes clear that the idea of internal reform has effectively collapsed in public opinion, citing the 2017 slogan rejecting both “reformists” and “hardliners.” Mrs. Rajavi also dismisses foreign military intervention as an answer, arguing that strikes may damage state structures but would not bring down the regime. Instead, she said the only viable route is overthrow “by the people themselves” in tandem with an organized resistance — highlighting the role of youth and the PMOI-led Resistance Units in linking dispersed protests into a nationwide movement and raising the costs of repression. Mrs. Rajavi attributes the unrest to economic breakdown, near-45% inflation (as she writes, by the authorities’ own figures), poverty, and chronic water and energy crises, and says protests spread to roughly 400 cities. She outlines a transition roadmap: a provisional government, elections for a constituent assembly within six months, and principles including separation of religion and state, gender equality, an independent judiciary, and abolition of the death penalty.
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