In Shiraz, a lively street protest led by dancing youths on Tuesday night turned grim after security forces allegedly opened fire, leaving behind at least one dead teen and turning parts of the historic city of poets into a war zone. In Tehran, regime enforcers stormed a metro station, shooting at and beating terrified protesters and passengers, including some who were aboard a subway car.
Across the country, central business districts were turned into ghost towns during the day as businesses adhered to calls for a general strike. Fires burned, and fiery battles between protesters and security forces backed by pro-regime Basij militia fighters raged into the early hours of Wednesday, when the mass uprising in Iran sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini entered its third month.
