Videos show the protests convulsing Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation’s morality police. Those glimpses show that public anger across the country, once simmering, is now boiling. Analysis by JonGambrellAP.
And the mutual distrust continues today. After the collapse of a deal in 2015 intended to curtail Tehran’s nuclear ambitions,The Iranian government has dismissed the latest protests as a foreign plot, rather than an expression of public outrage over the death of a woman detained only because her mandatory headscarf, or hijab, wasn’t to the morality police’s liking.
There’s also been footage of apparent demonstrators setting fires, flipping over police cars and fighting back against riot police.These scenes are similar to those that occurred in 2019 after the government dropped fuel subsidies, prompting. Rights groups say that the unrest across more than 100 cities and towns — and the government crackdown that followed — killed over 300 people and led to thousands of arrests.
Independent observers such as human rights activists face threats, intimidation and arrest in Iran. Text messages from the government to the public warn of criminal charges for joining demonstrations. At least 18 reporters are known to have been arrested so far in the crackdown, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Iran’s economy has cratered, and Western sanctions have destroyed the savings of a generation. The value of the currency has plummeted, from 32,000 rials for a dollar in 2015 to 315,000 rials for a dollar in 2022. Iranian youth increasingly try to find new livelihoods abroad at whatever cost.Iranian politics have grown insular and uncompromising.
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