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  • Iran Protests Feature Smaller Gatherings, Rooftop Chanting as Crackdown

    From David P.@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 8 23:38:59 2022
    Iran Protests Feature Smaller Gatherings, Rooftop Chanting as Crackdown Intensifies
    By David S. Cloud, Sept. 29, 2022, WSJ

    The changing form of the demonstrations doesn’t represent a waning of the widespread anger among young Iranians and women who have led the unrest, but it does reflect that the largely leaderless protests are evolving into a longer-term movement that,
    unlike past periods of unrest, will be difficult for authorities to stamp out, analysts said.

    “It doesn’t matter if it’s dying down at the moment,” said Amin Sabeti, an Iranian activist with close ties to the country who lives in London and runs a digital-security firm. “It’s not reversible.”

    Protesters have resorted to chanting “death to the dictator” from apartment buildings in central Tehran at night, referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a target of their anger for his conservative views. The chants have been heard even in wealthy
    Tehran areas that have seen little or no protests until now, people said.

    Student groups and labor associations continued to announce support for the protesters and call for nationwide strikes, though large-scale work stoppages haven’t occurred, in part because Iran has been in a holiday period, residents said.

    In a statement Thursday, the student scientific associations of Tehran University of Fine Arts urged students to join nationwide strikes, citing the crackdown on protests. “In such a situation, being in the classroom means ignoring the truth,
    suppressing awareness and violating our human rights,” the statement said.

    In hopes of heading off student strikes, the country’s Science Ministry announced that all university classes would be held in person beginning Saturday. Some Tehran universities shifted to online classes last week when the protests began.

    Authorities also have continued to arrest journalists, activists and regime critics, including Elahe Mohammadi, a journalist who reported on Ms. Amini’s Sept. 17 funeral in the northern town of Saqqez, where the protests began.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-protests-feature-smaller-gatherings-rooftop-chanting-as-crackdown-intensifies-11664478433

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  • From stoney@21:1/5 to David P. on Sun Oct 9 02:17:34 2022
    On Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 2:39:00 PM UTC+8, David P. wrote:
    Iran Protests Feature Smaller Gatherings, Rooftop Chanting as Crackdown Intensifies
    By David S. Cloud, Sept. 29, 2022, WSJ

    The changing form of the demonstrations doesn’t represent a waning of the widespread anger among young Iranians and women who have led the unrest, but it does reflect that the largely leaderless protests are evolving into a longer-term movement that,
    unlike past periods of unrest, will be difficult for authorities to stamp out, analysts said.

    “It doesn’t matter if it’s dying down at the moment,” said Amin Sabeti, an Iranian activist with close ties to the country who lives in London and runs a digital-security firm. “It’s not reversible.”

    Protesters have resorted to chanting “death to the dictator” from apartment buildings in central Tehran at night, referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a target of their anger for his conservative views. The chants have been heard even in
    wealthy Tehran areas that have seen little or no protests until now, people said.

    Student groups and labor associations continued to announce support for the protesters and call for nationwide strikes, though large-scale work stoppages haven’t occurred, in part because Iran has been in a holiday period, residents said.

    In a statement Thursday, the student scientific associations of Tehran University of Fine Arts urged students to join nationwide strikes, citing the crackdown on protests. “In such a situation, being in the classroom means ignoring the truth,
    suppressing awareness and violating our human rights,” the statement said.

    In hopes of heading off student strikes, the country’s Science Ministry announced that all university classes would be held in person beginning Saturday. Some Tehran universities shifted to online classes last week when the protests began.

    Authorities also have continued to arrest journalists, activists and regime critics, including Elahe Mohammadi, a journalist who reported on Ms. Amini’s Sept. 17 funeral in the northern town of Saqqez, where the protests began.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-protests-feature-smaller-gatherings-rooftop-chanting-as-crackdown-intensifies-11664478433

    These protests in roof tops to be expected but will simmer down if authorities replaced the head of the police station where the incident took place. There should be transparency process in looking into them and putting culprit to jail. If not, there
    will be no end to the problem and there will be no closure for the family and there will be discontented public, too.

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