"As the nightly protests that recently gripped Iran got under way, familiar shouts of death to the dictator and death to [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei, Iran's most powerful cleric and political figure, filled the air in Karaj, a city 30 miles to the west of Tehran. But when female participants tried to add another recent popular rallying cry, woman, life, freedom, the slogan found few takers."
"At least 30,000 people are believed to have been killed by security forces in a brutal response to demonstrations that began in provincial towns and cities in late December amid anger over economic privations triggered by a sharp fall in the value of the rial, Iran's currency. The protests spread to the capital, Tehran, and other major centres before abating in the face of ruthless repressive tactics that have resulted in victims being laid"
Nightly protests in Karaj featured chants of 'death to the dictator' and 'death to Khamenei', while the slogan 'woman, life, freedom' found few supporters. The 2022 demonstrations had been middle-class and progressive and had forced de facto concessions including the right not to wear Islamic head covering. The recent unrest is more masculinist and driven by a broader social rebellion against rising poverty. Many younger Iranians are coalescing around Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, hoping to remove the theocratic regime. At least 30,000 people are believed killed by security forces in a brutal response to protests that began in late December amid a sharp fall in the rial.
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