These are the pictures that have been published on social networks today, December 26, 2014, of the gathering of farmers and people of Isfahan in protest of the water crisis in this province.
The new round of farmers’ gatherings in protest of the water crisis, which brought other people of Isfahan with them, began on Monday, November 8, 1400, with farmers camping on the Zayandeh River, and now, after 18 days, it continues. What happened in the new round of protests? What do the farmers and people of Isfahan say? Why is Isfahan struggling with a water crisis?
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On Monday, November 8, 1400, Isfahani farmers set up their tents on the bed of the Zayandeh River. Less than two weeks after the sit-in, a large number of people in Isfahan joined them.
On Friday, November 19, 1400, one of the largest farmers’ protest rallies in recent years took place. Thousands of people in Isfahan gathered on the Zayandeh River to chant slogans in protest of the water crisis and urban management.
The Islamic Republic took a new path in last Friday’s protests and tried to confiscate the protests instead of the usual censorship and repression. Pictures of the Isfahan protest rally were published by the national media and their slogans about the water crisis were broadcast. But a week later, the Islamic Republic’s policy on Isfahani protesters changed
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