Liberal voices in politics have been contained, reformists locked up. Iran is an economic tinderbox as the Ayatollah will be aware - inflation at 80 per cent, 40 per cent of people living below the poverty line, continued disaffection with a conservative ruling elite and the brutish force of the Revolutionary Guards. Iran has a proud history of demonstrating, and the resilience of their younger generations is humbling. And ferociously pushed back at the EU and UK, warning them of repercussions. Iran in turn has blamed Israel and US meddling.
The European Union has threatened sanctions. The US has condemned the violence, as has the British Government. And this lack of accurate information is another clue to how hard attaining success against the ruling regime will be. Clips played repeatedly can lead us to believe that the protests have far more velocity as a movement. We do not know quite how widespread the demonstrations have been.
This is not the work of a regime that wants reconciliation.Īny media reporting from Iran is riven with problems as there are so few access points on the ground for international reporters. Persian BBC has reported that the security forces then withheld her body for two days until the family agreed to say publicly that she had died from a heart attack.
New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĪnother young protester Hadis Najafi, 22, was shot in the neck and face on September 21.
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