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LONDON: On Sept. 13, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was arrested in Tehran for violating the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. In the custody of the Gasht-e Ershad — the “Guidance Patrol,” or morality police — she suffered a catastrophic head injury and, after three days in a coma, died in hospital. Her death was the trigger for hundreds of protests

Majority of Iranians oppose compulsory hijab, do not pray five times a day, Tony Blair Institute finds.

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The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to theocratic rule.

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide ...

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide ...

If you ask the Iranian youth today, they would wish that the 1979 event never happened - Click the link for more details.

The Iranian regime is pointing the finger at Israel and the U.S. for allegedly orchestrating the nationwide protests. But while the U.S. and Israel both might have an interest in shaping and aiding the protest movement once it began, this large-scale mobilization of the Iranian public is a result of the regime’s own policies.

The mud is pausing the action before the next round.