In Iran, the demonstrators celebrate as a success that the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Edschei, lamented the exhaustion of the riot police.
In a video circulating on social media, he admitted to police officers that they were overtired after several days and nights of continuous use.
Rainer Herman
Editor in Politics.
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As a result, calls were made on social media to continue the protests.
Although the Iranian Internet is still slow, it seems to be working better again.
On the one hand, this can mean that the security apparatus is convinced that it has the protests under control.
On the other hand, it can also be an admission of serious disadvantages for the already ailing economy.
The protests continued on Monday night and during the day in many cities across the country.
They are expected to escalate again on Tuesday, an Islamic holiday.
The Shiite Muslims commemorate the anniversary of the death of the eighth Imam Reza, who is buried in Mashhad.
Mashhad has been a center of protests for the past two weeks.
Apparently they are increasing tensions at the universities.
Many universities, especially in Tehran, have therefore stopped classroom teaching.
Lectures are increasingly being offered virtually.
The protests of the students are now also directed against this measure.
They are also demanding the release of fellow students who have been arrested.
After security forces broke into dormitories at some universities to arrest students, there were also threats of strikes at more than ten universities.
Rumors in dissident circles
For a few days, the demonstrators have been changing the methods of their protest.
In Tehran and other cities, they spray anti-government graffiti on house walls in order to tie up security forces, because they are then forced to paint over the graffiti.
Furthermore, those who are afraid to demonstrate in the streets sing songs in the evenings while standing at the windows and on the roofs of their houses.
Attempts by the leadership of the Islamic Republic to gain control over the discussion about the cause of Mahsa Dschina Amini's death, which triggered the protests, are reported almost every day.
Iranian dissident circles recently reported that a cardiologist close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tried to rewrite Amini's medical file.
On Monday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani accused the United States of using the young woman's "tragic death" to support "rioters" and the "presence of millions of people in the streets in support of the system." , to ignore.
An indication of the tensions in the Kurdish areas of western Iran is a report by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
She reports that the Revolutionary Guard fired artillery at positions of the Iranian-Kurdish Komalah party in Iraq.