From nationwide strikes to the toppling of the Iranian regime
Iran regime is fearful of continuous strikes In recent weeks, Iran has witnessed new waves of nationwide strikes. Different strata including truck drivers, bazaar merchants, teachers, and retired employees joined separate strikes and rallies to express their protests against the regime’s catastrophic policies. The strikes coincided with laborers’ protests in different cities making the situation harder to handle for the regime. A new characteristic that separates the mentioned strikes from previous ones is that all of them were organized and declared in advanced on social media. And the regime tried so hard to prevent the strikes from happening using various tricks and suppressive measures but to no avail. The regime’s officials and state-run media have warned about the current situation. They fear that these protests go public and spread among other strata in the society, making a strong wave which can trigger more uprisings. Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, former Minister of...