Iran has been rocked by three weeks of protests and though the demonstrations were sparked off by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman from Iranian Kurdistan who was arrested for removing her hijab, the fury goes much deeper. According to one expert, the riots may signal the start of an uprising that will change the entire region.
Amini was arrested by the “morality police” on September 13 as she exited a train in Tehran. She was accused of wearing “tight pants”. Her brother who accompanied her begged for her release but to no avail. He waited outside of the Vozara morality police detention center but after two hours, she was transferred by ambulance to the Kasra hospital.
The authorities claimed she died from preexisting conditions but her family claims she was healthy until her arrest. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into the case of Amini but the details being released are sketchy.
The incident sparked off protests which Iran has blamed on “thugs” linked to “foreign enemies” for the unrest. Etemad Online website in Tehran quoted IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Hassanzadeh who is in charge of Mohammad Rasoulallah Divisionin the IRGC as saying that “the IRGC has understood through eavesdropping that America is behind the protests and wishes to send Iranians to the streets to protest.”
Labor strikes and protests at universities have spread across the country and demonstrations around the world have been held in solidarity. Street protests have turned violent with cars and shops burning.
#Mashhad medical university. dozens of universities have joined #Iran protests today. We are witnessing one of the largest anti-regime protest in the history of Islamic Republic. Protesters in this video are chanting: Students would be dead before they are silenced… #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/FRUr3kVM7a
— Rana Rahimpour (@ranarahimpour) October 1, 2022
The protesters also tore down the sign for “Palestine Street”.
Dr. Mordechai Kedar has a deep understanding of the Arab mindset. A senior lecturer on Arabic culture at Bar-Ilan University, he served for 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence, where he specialized in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. Fluent in Arabic, he is one of the very few Israelis appearing on Arab television, frequently debating Arab thought leaders and imams in their native tongue.
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Dr. Kedar explained the enmity behind this act of tearing down a street sign.
“For years, the Iranian regime has been taking money from the people and using it to empower the Palestinians,” Dr. Kedar explained. “The people are starving and the government is giving their money away. Of course, the people hate the Palestinians for this.”
This is clearly true. In May, less volatile protests were accompanied by chants of “Death to Palestine.”
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