It would be wrong to consider the ongoing protests in Iran as mere political protest,. This dictatorship is the resistance of the collective moral force of the people against the suppression of human values and religious bigotry, which becomes a characteristic of great revolutions.
Vikas Saraswat: Unlike most of the countries which are immersed in the enthusiasm of the new year, there is an atmosphere of violence and fury in Afghanistan and Iran. While the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is firing bullets on girls demanding the right to education and freedom from hijab, protests against the Islamic Nigam continue in Iran. It has been more than a hundred days since protests began in Iran after the murder of Mensa Amino for not wearing a hijab in September. Based in Iran , people have been hanged. The dead body of 23- year-old Majidreja Reheard was even hung from a crane to warn others.
Despite such brutal repression, the process of protests continues. Although small and big anti-government protests have been taking place in Iran for the last 24 years and last time the death toll in 2019's 'Khoi ban' crossed 1,500, but this time the protest is much wider than all the earlier movements. Is. The fire of this movement has spread in all the 31 states of Eaton. So far, protests have taken place in 160 cities and 144 schools. This round of protests has become the longest-running protest campaign since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It is also special for many other reasons. Like Mahsa Amini, being a Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, came from the minority community of Iran, but every section of the society is protesting against her death.
The middle class, which was indifferent in the previous protests, has come out on the streets with full enthusiasm this time. People associated with art, acting and sports are getting strong support for these demonstrations. It can also be said that in the absence of political opposition, the moral responsibility of leading public sentiments has come upon these heroes and heroines of the society. Public expectation from these stars is also so strong that the football team that reached Qatar World Cup has relatively protested against government repression.
Not being seen, angry Iranians took to the streets to celebrate their own team's defeats to England and America.
It would be wrong to consider the ongoing protests in Iran as mere political protests. It is the resistance of the collective moral force of the people against dictatorship, suppression of human values and religious bigotry, which becomes a distinctive feature of great revolutions. Young people are becoming the heroes of this revolution. Not only in colleges and universities, but also in schools, girls are throwing away their hijabs and tearing posters of Supreme Leader Khamenei. The courage with which Iranian youths are standing in front of the armed paramilitary force Basil, it seems that they have no fear of death. While the protests of 1999, 2009 and 2019 started with political reasons or protest against back-breaking inflation, the current movement is for the protection of women's rights and basic life values.
The slogan of this revolution, led by women and youth, is 'Jin, Gain, Azad' i e women, life and freedom. Unlike the previous movements, this time the protest is not for making specific demands, but for the complete overthrow of Iran's religious system. Khamenei has lost ground to remain at the helm after the country's intelligentsia, artists, writers, sportsmen, academics, former bureaucrats and even judges supported the protest. Even after such fierce and widespread opposition, if Khamenei's power continues, it will be no less than a miracle.
In many ways, this revolution of 2022 is similar to the revolution of 1979. It's a restart. In the past, public anger against the pro-Western Pahlavi monarchy and the bourgeois National Front was cleverly exploited by Khomeini and the mullahs to gain power. In this way, the Iranian revolution was in true sense a stagnant process. It is significant that in 1979, within a month of the new regime, the first protests against the compulsory hijab took place. Now in 2019 and 2022, the hijab is once again the biggest issue in the protests against Islamic rule. There has definitely been a difference in four decades that earlier there was no opposition to Islam in Iran, but now apart from fanaticism in Iran, opposition to Islam has also become vocal.
The fearless appeal of Majidreja Rehanvard before his death that after his execution neither any mourning nor fatiha should be read on his grave is an example of this. Growing anti-Islamism is a major reason for the frustration and anger of the Islamic Nigam. The speed with which interest in atheists or Zoroastrianism has increased in Iran is also not hidden from anyone. The movement going on in Iran is a big lesson for Islamic countries that making religious bigotry the basis of government can create a feeling of opposition not only towards governments but also towards religion.
According to the Human Rights Activist news agency HRANA, 516 protesters have lost their lives in these demonstrations and 19,200 people have been arrested. Women and minors account for 70 of those killed, and 689 people have been sentenced to terms ranging from imprisonment to the death penalty.
After well-known Etan actresses Hengme Ghanian and Ketoyoun Riahi, world-renowned actress Taranto Alidosti has also been arrested for supporting the protesters. Actor Ashcan Khatibi has been beaten several times on the streets by plainclothes security personnel even after his release. Many football players and singers have also faced the brutality of the present regime. Football player Amir Name Azadani has also been sentenced to death recently. In all, about a hundred people have been sentenced to death so far, of whom
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