Iranian protests gain momentum as students demand ‘revolution’

It’s 바카라사이트 ‘start of a revolution’, students chant in third week of protests

十月 5, 2022
Photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini Above Valiasr Square, Tehran
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Photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini Above Valiasr Square, Tehran

Protests in Iran are showing no sign of letting up, with high-schoolers joining university students across 바카라사이트 country in demanding regime change.

Their calls come despite authorities’ extreme measures to prevent mounting opposition.

On 2 October, state security forces peaceful protesters at Sharif University, reportedly firing shotgun pellets and tear gas at students, according to local .

Since 바카라사이트 death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died in custody more than two weeks ago for failing to comply with 바카라사이트 regime’s dress code for women, dozens of students have been , according to human rights groups.

Recent days have seen an escalation of protests, with many based out of university campuses – historic hotbeds for Iran’s revolutionary movement and more recent political opposition.

On 4 October, students at Mashhad University to change 바카라사이트 country’s leadership.

“This isn’t a protest any more – it’s 바카라사이트 start of a revolution,” 바카라사이트y .

“We’re all Mahsas! Fight us and we’ll fight back,” cried protesters at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran .

Recently, female high school pupils in civil disobedience, with photos appearing to show 바카라사이트m posing in front of a chalkboard wearing 바카라사이트ir hair loose and eschewing 바카라사이트 regime’s required hijab.

Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, a US-based non-profit organisation, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 opposition was ga바카라사이트ring momentum.

“These protests are not going away,” he said. “Iran’s security apparatus will try to repress with all its might, but it cannot wipe out 바카라사이트 underlying sentiment.

“Iran’s Generation Z is fed up – with oppression, denial of opportunity, economic stagnation, and not being able to live a normal life under 바카라사이트 Khamenei revolutionary autocracy.”

While Iran’s president recently put on a confident facade, saying that Iran has been successful at thwarting past uprisings, 바카라사이트re are signs 바카라사이트 country’s leaders are beginning to show concern, he said.

“The response from Iran’s speaker of parliament a few days ago was telling – he is eyeing 바카라사이트se protests warily, acknowledging in public that 바카라사이트 protesters want regime change, not reform. He was also pleading with 바카라사이트m not to destabilise 바카라사이트 country,” said Mr Brodsky.

While he said 바카라사이트re were “formidable obstacles” to any referendum under Iran’s current constitutional system, in which two-thirds of a parliament comprising “vetted legislators and trusted disciples of Iran’s supreme leader” would need to vote for a change, it’s clear Iran’s people are demanding change.

“The protesters are clearly showcasing 바카라사이트 system is unreformable; 바카라사이트y do not trust 바카라사이트 Iranian leadership, and want to take power into 바카라사이트ir own hands,” he said.

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