Civil Unrest in Iran
‘Death to the Dictator! Death to Rouhani!’: Thousands Protest the Government in Iran
Thousands of protesters in Iran attack the president | Daily Mail Online
I've been following this one for a few hours today. Very interesting developments in Iran that are not being carried by mainstream media. Apparently there are significant demonstrations happening in Iran with protestors denouncing the government. The situation seems to be in the eastern portions of the country, with only smaller demonstrations in Tehran. Though the demonstrations are somewhat violent. Possible revolution, or possible failure like the 2009 Green "Revolution"?
Some points to consider from the articles:
-Demonstrators are calling for "Death to Rouhani" (the President of Iran) whom ironically came to power largely as a reaction to the 2009 Green Revolution.
-Demonstrators also seem to be blaming the mullahs, this is significant as typically their protests at the most only reach the non-theological political caste.
-Demonstrators are smaller but more violent than the 2009 Green Revolution. Reports of them throwing rocks at officials and taunting mullahs openly.
-Demonstrators are divided with no real central message. Grievances range from economic hardships, prolonged Iranian military involvement in Syria, Lebanon, and "Palestine", corruption, Persian identity vs Iranian identity, and a divided political atmosphere along conservative and liberal lines.
-The response from the government is mixed. Rouhani and his "moderate" faction rather than typically scapegoat Western intervention like his predecessors, is blaming the conservative factions in Iran of formenting unrest against his "secular government." Ayatollah Khamenei has uncharacteristically not spoken out against the protests or urged them to end yet.
-So far not much of a crackdown yet with only 52 people reportedly arrested by Iran's state media.
-Demonstrations are mostly in the eastern part of the country, namely the city of Mashhad, but have begun spreading to other cities. (Map in the Dailymail article).
(Edits on grammatical and spelling errors)
‘Death to the Dictator! Death to Rouhani!’: Thousands Protest the Government in Iran
Thousands of protesters in Iran attack the president | Daily Mail Online
I've been following this one for a few hours today. Very interesting developments in Iran that are not being carried by mainstream media. Apparently there are significant demonstrations happening in Iran with protestors denouncing the government. The situation seems to be in the eastern portions of the country, with only smaller demonstrations in Tehran. Though the demonstrations are somewhat violent. Possible revolution, or possible failure like the 2009 Green "Revolution"?
Some points to consider from the articles:
-Demonstrators are calling for "Death to Rouhani" (the President of Iran) whom ironically came to power largely as a reaction to the 2009 Green Revolution.
-Demonstrators also seem to be blaming the mullahs, this is significant as typically their protests at the most only reach the non-theological political caste.
-Demonstrators are smaller but more violent than the 2009 Green Revolution. Reports of them throwing rocks at officials and taunting mullahs openly.
-Demonstrators are divided with no real central message. Grievances range from economic hardships, prolonged Iranian military involvement in Syria, Lebanon, and "Palestine", corruption, Persian identity vs Iranian identity, and a divided political atmosphere along conservative and liberal lines.
-The response from the government is mixed. Rouhani and his "moderate" faction rather than typically scapegoat Western intervention like his predecessors, is blaming the conservative factions in Iran of formenting unrest against his "secular government." Ayatollah Khamenei has uncharacteristically not spoken out against the protests or urged them to end yet.
-So far not much of a crackdown yet with only 52 people reportedly arrested by Iran's state media.
-Demonstrations are mostly in the eastern part of the country, namely the city of Mashhad, but have begun spreading to other cities. (Map in the Dailymail article).
(Edits on grammatical and spelling errors)
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