A mass uprising has begun in Iran.
It started in Khuzestan province (south west of Iran), as a protest against the government policy which has caused severe water shortages there. Many farmers have lost their jobs and many ranchers have lost their animals because of water shortage, despite Khuzestan province contains the largest rivers of Iran, but the water is transported elsewhere.
This wave of protests has begun on 15 July. At first it was small and limited to a few cities in Khuzestan, but it quickly spread to the other cities and other provinces. There have been riots in Bushehr, Lorestan and Esfehan provinces.
The number of protestor has constantly increased and people are getting more and more radicalized. So far (23 July) there has been 8 confirmed casualties, and 1 policeman has been confirmed dead. Since there is severe censorship and the government has cut the internet in Khuzestan, the number of casualties is probably higher, and it gets higher every day.
Since Khuzestan borders Iraq, protestors can move close to Iraq's border to use Iraqi internet service providers in order to publish the news. Videos show the government has moved a large police and military force to Khuzestan (probably because the local forces are neither enough nor trustworthy), including tanks and armored vehicles to suppress this uprising. The police and military forces have used tear gas and anti riot shotguns, as well as live ammunition.
The government is completely unable to meet people's demands at this point, and sees violent suppression as its only solution.
Aside from water shortages, the country is suffering from high inflation, COVID-19 pandemic and electricity shortages, all of which result from the governmental corruption, mismanagement and expansionist policy.
Many cities and districts have suffered from long black outs. During the black outs, people yell slogans against the regime from the roof tops, as they did during the 1979 revolution. At a metro station in Tehran, people spontaneously began yelling "death to the Islamic Republic" and "death to Khamenei".
If the worker strikes and street riots join and move together, violent suppression becomes impossible and may even backfire. Soldiers and low ranking officers may disobey their superiors and join the revolution.
I will try to keep this thread updated. The protests are ongoing as I write here.