Sardasht- In November 2019, people took to the streets in cities of Iran and Rojhilat to protest the increase in fuel prices and economic crisis. Hundreds of civilians were killed by the Iranian security forces. November 15 marks the anniversary of the protests, also known as the ‘Bloody November’. Yesterday, life was stopped in the cities of Rojhilat to mark Bloody November.

In Sardasht, shopkeepers and merchants kept their shutters down to mark the anniversary of Bloody November.

After activists called for a general strike, Shopkeepers and merchants kept their shutters down in the cities of Rojhilat such as Sanandaj, Mahabad, Baneh, Marivan, Saqez, Kamyaran, Diwander and Javanrud.

Yesterday, women went out without wearing hijab in Sardasht

People kept protesting in many cities

Yesterday night, people held protests in many cities such as Sanandaj, Bukan, Mahabad and Saqez and chanted slogans such as, “Death to the dictator”, “Kurdistan will be the grave for fascism” and “Jin, jiyan, azadi”. People taking to the streets of Rojhilat demanded the withdrawal of Iranian regime forces from the region.

A general strike has been staged in Sanandaj and Mahabad to protest Iranian regime crackdown on protests that sparked in Iran and Rojhilat following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini.