On 2nd January 2019, farmers of Isfahan province, Iran, held another assembly to demand their share of water. The 11th assembly of the farmers took place in the dried riverbed of Zayanderud river in Isfahan.
The protesters tried to go towards So-o-se-pol bridge and the provincial governor’s office but they were faced with a heavy presence of armed forces who fired shots in the air and used tear gas against the protesters.
There were clashes between the farmers and the armed forces on the northern side of Khju bridge. The protest continued despite the aggression of the armed forces and more members of the public joined in.
It was estimated that there were over 2000 farmers and members of the public with a significant number of women taking part in the protest. A woman made a speech in which she talked about the imposition of misery on their lives and pointed out the level of desperation and suicide among young people as a result. She added: “The wives of farmers work as servants in the city.”
After the assembly and clashes with the armed forces, the farmers and the people marched towards the provincial governor’s office and chanted slogans against the heads of the regime and their lies and excuses: “Rouhani is a liar, where is the water of our Zayanderud (river)”, “Our enemy is right here, it’s a lie that it’s in the USA”, “We stand, we fight, we don’t accept abjection”, “People are vigilant and don’t buy empty promises”. The protesters also shamed the state media in the protest.
The special armed forces stopped the march and more clashes took place. The farmers responded to the special armed forces’ baton attack by throwing stones which they collected from the river bed.
When the armed forced tried to arrest some of the protesters, the farmers and the people charged at them and repeatedly chanted “Rapscallion” and freed the restrained. However, the special armed forces managed to arrest some protesters.
Thousands of farmers lack water for their land as the authorities have diverted their water source to the private gardens of the heads of the Islamic regime and some industries and projects that are owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The authorities also do not pay the farmers any compensation for their share of the water.
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