00:00:00.000I'm Iranian, and here's everything you need to know in less than 20 minutes about what's currently
00:00:04.920happening in occupied Iran with the nationwide strikes and protests by Iranians against the
00:00:10.100Islamic Republic that the mainstream media won't tell you. If you've been watching Iran this week,
00:00:15.260you already know that something huge is happening. It started on Sunday, December 28, with protests
00:00:21.160regarding the collapsing economy and the financial crisis, which quickly sparked into anti-Islam,
00:00:27.620anti-Islamic republic, pro-revolution and pro-Shah demonstrations that have rapidly taken over the
00:00:33.660country. Over the last six days, we have seen nationwide strikes by merchants, university
00:00:39.120students joining in, violent security crackdowns by the Islamic regime terrorist forces, reported
00:00:44.900deaths, Islamic regime officials attacking Iranians attending funerals, and mounting international
00:00:50.880attention, especially after President Trump gave an explicit warning to the Islamic Republic that
00:00:56.760the United States would intervene if the Islamic Republic does not stop murdering innocent Iranians.0.97
00:01:03.000Events are still rapidly unfolding, but right now I'm going to walk you through exactly what0.98
00:01:08.060happened day by day in the first six days, starting from December 28 until January 2nd.
00:01:13.780I'm also going to give you the important context from the Iranian perspective that you're not going
00:01:18.380to get from mainstream media or non-Iranian commentators. The immediate backdrop is the
00:01:23.640Islamic Republic of Iran's economic downfall. Inflation has skyrocketed to over 40 percent
00:01:29.100and the riyal, which is the official currency of the country, has collapsed to a historic low
00:01:34.600of 1.4 million riyals to one U.S. dollar. Keep in mind, in 1979, when the Shah of Iran was still
00:01:42.740in power and before the Islamic dictatorship occupied Iran, the value of the riyal was 70
00:01:48.940to one US dollar. So just put that into perspective. In 1979, 46 years ago, the value of the real was
00:01:56.44070 reals to one US dollar. Today, it has dropped to a historic low of 1.4 million reals to the US
00:02:04.020dollar. On Sunday, December 28, because of the collapse of the real, protests and strikes began
00:02:09.560to break out across central Tehran and various shops across the city. Shopkeepers shut down
00:02:15.200their stores in protest of the economic instability and financial collapse of the Riyal.
00:02:20.300Videos circulating from Tehran, the capital city of Iran, showed that these chants and
00:02:25.220strikes are growing. This first day was very significant for us Iranians because it didn't
00:02:30.340look like scattered anger. It looked like the start of coordinated market pressure.
00:02:35.840Massive store closures across the city, rapidly increasing crowds, and within hours of the first
00:02:42.000strike, we started hearing slogans and chants not about the economic crisis, but about who is
00:02:47.760responsible for the economic crisis and what shopkeepers want. In other words, the demonstrations
00:02:53.120quickly shifted from complaining about the economic collapse to calling for overthrow of the Islamic
00:02:59.100Republic, calling for revolution, and calling for the return of the Shah of Iran, His Royal Highness
00:03:04.700Nezapahlevi II, who's currently in exile. At the same time, the Shah of Iran in exile, His Royal
00:03:10.500Highness King Reza Pahlavi II put out a video message to Iranians in occupied Iran, encouraging
00:03:16.660them to continue the strikes, encouraging them to continue putting pressure on the Islamic Republic
00:03:21.940in order to overthrow them, and encouraging all Iranians to join in the peaceful demonstrations.
00:03:27.460On the second day, Monday, December 29, the protests grew, not only in Tehran, but in cities
00:03:33.180across the country of Iran, including Mashhad and Isfahan. And while the mainstream media was still
00:03:38.240calling this an economic protest, Iranians actually know the truth. In less than 24 hours,0.98
00:03:44.520Iranians were out in the streets gathering en masse, calling for revolution, calling for the
00:03:49.700end of the Islamic Republic. And they were also saying Javid Shah, which means long live the king.
00:03:55.880In other words, Iranians are calling for the Shah of Iran to return and lead Iran into a transition
00:04:01.960from the Islamic Republic into a functioning secular democratic system. Because what the
00:04:07.120mainstream media refuses to tell you, is that if these demonstrations and protests were actually
00:04:12.280about the economic situation, why would Iranians be going out in the streets and yelling,
00:04:17.220long live the king? Why would they be going out in the streets and saying,0.93
00:04:21.320which means this is the final battle, Pahlavi will return. In less than 24 hours,
00:04:29.740the story was no longer about a few shops closed. The story has now become that we are witnessing
00:04:34.720the biggest pro-revolution, anti-Islamic Republic demonstrations that we have seen in Iran in
00:04:40.500recent years. But what's even more important about these pro-revolution demonstrations is that
00:04:45.780Iranians are not only calling for the end of the Islamic Republic, they are also calling for the
00:04:51.080return of the King of Iran who is in exile, His Royal Highness Al-Zapahlebi II. On Tuesday,
00:04:56.700December 30th, the third day of strikes, we see a major escalation. The strikes have now spread
00:05:02.300to university campuses. And while Reuters and mainstream media still claimed that university
00:05:08.180students are joining in because of the economic collapse, the truth is actually much different.
00:05:13.300Because if the situation really was about the economy, why would the university students also
00:05:17.860be chanting, down with the dictator, long live the king, and this is the final battle,
00:05:22.940Pahlavi will return. University students are often the engine of sustained protest movements.
00:05:28.140And so the fact that university students, not just in Tehran, but across various cities in occupied Iran, are now getting involved in the anti-Islam, pro-Shah, pro-revolution demonstrations, that's a pretty big deal.
00:05:41.480And of course, at the same time, given that the Islamic Republic is a brutal totalitarian dictatorship, it also began violently cracking down on protesters.
00:05:50.580And keep in mind, the protesters had been pretty much peaceful up until that point.
00:05:54.780By day three, the rest of the world was starting to catch on to what we Iranians had noticed right
00:05:59.440away on day one, that these protests were no longer about the economy and they were about
00:06:04.120politics. They were about overthrowing the terrorist Islamic Republic. They were about
00:06:08.880getting rid of Sharia law. They were about getting rid of Islam. And they are also about bringing1.00
00:06:14.480the Shah of Iran back to Iran. By day four, Wednesday, December 31, the demonstrations
00:06:21.080were in full swing. Over 50 cities in occupied Iran have now risen up and are participating in
00:06:26.740the nationwide demonstrations and protests against the Islamic Republic. Massive crowds
00:06:31.420are coming out. And the terrorist Islamic Republic is, of course, responding with violence,0.97
00:06:35.980shooting directly into innocent, unarmed crowds of Iranians. His Royal Highness, King Reza Pahlavi0.92
00:06:41.160II, also issued a New Year's Eve statement. My courageous compatriots, your presence in the
00:06:47.020streets across Iran has kindled the flame of a national revolution. The continuation
00:06:51.560and expansion of your presence and taking control of the streets is today our foremost
00:06:56.500vital priority. I call upon the people of Iran to join in with the nationwide strikes
00:07:01.520and protests. Government employees, workers in the energy and transportation sectors,
00:07:06.380truck drivers, nurses, teachers, and academics, artisans, and entrepreneurs, retirees, and
00:07:11.580those who have lost their savings. Everyone unite and join this national movement.
00:07:16.120Iran and its streets belong to the Iranian nation and we will be victorious because we are united
00:07:21.280and we are many. Long live Iran, Reza Pahlavi. By day five, we started hearing the terrible news
00:07:27.880of multiple deaths of innocent Iranians at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Something that
00:07:32.500you won't hear about in the mainstream media is that there is something different about the
00:07:37.000current demonstrations. In previous demonstrations, usually by day three, the Islamic Republic has
00:07:41.660already brought out its anti-riot security forces in full force. We're talking about hundreds if
00:07:47.480not thousands of armed anti-riot police spread across the country going after innocent unarmed
00:07:54.140Iranian protesters. And so by day three we Iranians were already waiting for the horrible news of
00:07:59.260massive crackdowns, internet being shutting down, mass murders, you know things that have happened
00:08:05.160in the past and yet it's already day five and we have not seen any of that yet. And while I do want
00:08:10.020to point out that even a single casualty at the hands of the terrorist Islamic dictatorship
00:08:13.860is a tragedy to us Iranians. The fact that right now we are able to count the number of casualties
00:08:19.980on both hands, that's never happened before. Usually by this time, our casualty numbers are
00:08:26.760in the hundreds, sometimes the thousands. Instead, what we are seeing are smaller numbers of the
00:08:33.020best siege military forces, the Islamic regime anti-riot police, small numbers of them. We're
00:08:38.300not seeing the massive turnout anymore. And what we are instead seeing are Iranians fighting back.1.00