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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Life in Iran before the 1979 Islamic revolution

The Week UK

November 22, 2022

Iran is in the grip of a full-scale revolution, according to an Iranian-American campaigner, after the home of the founding father of the Islamic republic was firebombed by protesters.

Thousands have taken to the streets across the country in recent weeks, their outrage sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in custody in September after being detained by Tehran’s morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly.

Op-Ed: What could come next for Iran after the Islamic Republic?

 Shervin Malekzadeh

November 22, 2022

The outrage sparked in September by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained by Iran’s morality police, continues to fuel protests against the Islamic Republic. As the demonstrations spread and outward resistance emboldens, we must ask two months in: What will it all lead to?