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The 2021–2022 Iranian protests erupted on 15 July 2021 to protest the water shortages and crisis, but were quickly met with police violence and brutality."Bloody Aban", November 2021 saw further protests due to water shortages but various other protests and strikes also took place due to the worsening economic situation.
The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is a protest movement launched in September 2022 after the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. The movement demands the end of compulsory hijab laws and other forms of discrimination and oppression against women ...
Coverage of the protest was constrained by Iranian restrictions on speech, including internet shutdowns and arrests of journalists, such that "the vast majority" of Western media outlets had no presence in Iran (with the exception of NBC News) and had to obtain information from networks of contacts, human rights groups, and social media content ...
A viral video circulated online of young Pirfalak testing his hand-made boat, and he stated, "in the name of the God of rainbows." [ 10 ] [ 30 ] The stanza "In the Name of the Lord of the Rainbow" is a poem by Mahmoud Purohab ( Persian : محمود پورهاب ) which is included in Persian 3rd grade elementary school book. [ 30 ]
Iran's hardliners have put the blame on Ali Shamkhani (the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council) for being unable to suppress the protests. According to Hamid Rasaei, a cleric and former lawmaker, Iran's security organs all point to Shamkhani as the main culprit for the leadership's failure in quelling the protests.
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The 2021 Iran workers strike (also known as Campaign 1400) is a strike in Iran that began in June 2021 by temporary and contract petrochemical workers in Assaluyeh, protesting against low wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of access to necessities such as affordable housing and healthcare. The strikes soon spread, and workers in other ...
Oil jumped more than 2% before paring gains on Friday on a report Iran may be preparing an attack against Israel, a move that puts the market focus back on escalating tensions between Tel Aviv and ...