Spring of freedom

Scenes of various protests and strikes across Iran  From the beginning of November, Iran has been the scene of numerous  protests and strikes . On Wednesday, truckers continued their nationwide strike in dozens of cities for the seventh consecutive day. Truck drivers in the cities of  Bandar Khomeini, Parvizkhan, Gorgan, Zanjan, Sirjan, Shiraz, Farough, Kazerun, Marvdasht, Mirjaveh, Yazd, Tehran, Bandar Abbas  & others were seen continuing their strike. This nationwide strike has currently reached 65 cities in 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces. Bandar Khomeini – Truck drivers’ strike   In a village school near the city of  Marivan , western Iran, students were complaining about the shortage and lack of necessary supplies, especially heating appliances. The students were holding signs reading, “We are cold.” Marivan, western Iran – Students complaining of their school being cold   Storeowners in the city of  Malard  joined the...

Every day, the Iranian regime is creating grounds for new protests to take place in the country Iran, May 24, 2018  - In December, protests that erupted in the eastern city of Mashhad over unemployment, poverty and government corruption quickly turned into a nationwide protest across Iran. Although the regime brutally cracked down on the protesters, tensions continued to simmer and manifest themselves in smaller yet constant protests in other parts of the country. Last week, the protests in Kazerun, which had begun about  a few months earlier  over the government’s plans to divide the city into smaller areas, turned into clashes between the government and people when security forces attacked and killed several of the protesters. As the Kazerun protests showed, the social climate across the entirety of Iran is tense, and chances that uprisings reoccur are very high. Here are a few of the ongoing crises that might flare up in the coming weeks and months: ...