Baluch prisoners call on people of restive southeast to join Iran protests

A group of Baluch prisoners issued a statement calling on the people of Sistan and Baluchestan province not to let the current “wave of freedom” pass without their powerful presence, urging them to support protesters in Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz and all cities across Iran.

Sistan and Baluchestan was one of the main hotspots of unrest during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, with repeated Friday demonstrations met by deadly crackdowns.

The prisoners appealed to residents to reclaim streets that “have always belonged to the people, not dictators.”

The prisoners also urged demonstrators to make their slogans echo “like thunder across Iran,” including “Death to the dictator,” “Freedom, justice, Iranian republic” and “Baluchestan is awake and despises dictatorship.”