Iran update: As protests continue to grow, government reportedly forced from Kurdish city

The murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by Iranian “morality police” has launched a sustained protest over the suppression of women and the brutal rule of the theocratic government in Iran. For nine nights in a row, protests have grown and spread, and what many initially took as social unrest that would be quickly be quieted has turned into a widespread uprising that those in Iran report to be far larger than previous protests in 2019 or 2012. 

On Saturday night, there were reports that riot police had lost control of much of Tehran, along with terrifying scenes of Iranian police firing AK-47 rifles into crows of protestors. The number of dead is unknown. And still the protestors did not back down. There are even reports that in the north of Iran, government forces have been pushed out of the Kurdish city of Oshnavieh with Iranian military bases being burned. Those who have been thinking this protest was trivial and no threat to the powerbase of the mullahs, should think again.