The Islamic Republic of Iran had previously encountered the waves of protests, but the current events will probably lead to real changes, writes Foreign Policy.
“The unpleasant awareness that the disclosure of several strands of a woman’s hair can deprive her of the right to security, life and freedom, shocked the Iranians, and the slogan” Woman, Life, Freedom “finds a response in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini. In the country earlier There were public debates on the mandatory wearing of hijab, but recent demonstrations in this regard led to significant changes: for the first time after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, a wide range of parties and public organizations publicly demanded the abolition of laws regarding the obligatory wearing of hijab. This time Hijab reacted to the problem of the problem A wide range of prominent political and religious figures, famous personalities and athletes, ”the article says.
As Foreign Policy notes, the current protests are also the first protest movement of the middle class in Iran after the green movement of 2009, but there are important differences between them:
“The first difference is that the number of protesters is much more than in 2009. In addition, the protesters in 2009 were different -aged, and the leaders of recent protests are younger fearless, frank and evil, they want freedom and democracy,” writes Edition.