Iran: Defund the Morality Police, mass protest and hijab burnings:update STILL Protesting

There have now been 6 days of protests with protesters being killed.

 

Every few years we see massive protests against the regime but they still haven't suceeded yet. Sadly I'm not sure this is going to be different this time.

 

It would be nice if good (the protesters) could prevail over evil. Sadly, it seems like evil has been having the upper hand in the world for at least about 20 years now.

 

This is my take as well. If they couldn’t get it done in 2009, why is today any different.

 

Or 2015 or 2019. The regime in Iran is brutal but also continues to have the support of much of the population.

 

Exactly. Iranian government is not representative of the urban youth, but the urban youth are neither the majority nor the ones with the power. It’s the clergy and businessmen who made Iran the way it is.

 

Religion ****s everything up.

 

A woman dancing and throwing her hijab in the fire. I saw on another report some women are cutting their hair off.

 

I saw a billboard for this campaign today and it honestly irked me - https://churchleaders.com/news/4329...ungs-woke-or-awake-series-denied-by-meta.html

Sorry. Tangent. But I feel like Texas keeps creeping closer and closer towards more religious (Christian) extremes intertwined with politics & money.

 

https://cpj.org/2022/09/iranian-sec...of-journalists-as-anti-state-protests-spread/

Iranian security forces step up arrests of journalists as anti-state protests spread

Washington, D.C., September 24, 2022—The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all journalists arrested while covering mass protests around the country and restore blocked internet access.

CPJ has learned from multiple sources inside Iran that as of Saturday, September 24, at least 17 journalists had been arrested as clashes between security forces and protesters left dozens dead. Details of arrests are sparse amid an internet blackout and major disruptions to phone and social media networks, but CPJ’s sources said that several of the journalists were taken into custody during post-midnight raids on their homes. The sources said that the security forces – who confiscated the journalists’ electronic devices – did not identify which agency they represented or produce arrest warrants or explanation of charges.

The protests began last week over the death in morality-police custody of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, arrested for allegedly violating the country’s conservative dress law.

 

One of the big issues with what's happening in Iran is that the US can't really do much. We've still got sanctions in place but any overt attempt to help the protesters there the Iranian hardliners will latch onto to blame the protesters as being tools of the West.

The most we can do from outside is hope that the protesters can get enough support to overcome the Mullahs but I don't think this is going to end well.

 

What's the context?

 

There will be no revolution from these protests.