Social movements around the world use music in their struggle for freedom and equality.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Iran protests 2022
Displaying all articles
Following a brutal government crackdown, Iranian protesters are organizing strikes, sit-ins, boycotts and publicizing their demands in the form of manifestos, charters and bills of rights.
Girls’ schools have been at the centre of protests which are shaking the Islamic Republic to its core.
Criminal trials in these courts often occur behind closed doors presided over by clerics, and there’s often no evidence beyond a confession extracted by means of torture.
Iranian women have often used images of actions such as singing and dancing unveiled to show what freedom means to them and to protest the Islamic Republic’s gender oppression.
Younger Iranians have tapped into social media to connect with one another, vocalize their demands and highlight the government’s brutality.
The protesters have been strongly supported by Iran’s actors, musicians and athletes who have been among those arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
Iranian protesters aren’t satisfied winning small battles within the Islamic regime. Their aim is a revolution that will result in universal human rights.
Iran’s constitution guarantees human rights but its government doesn’t.
Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
A powerful protest movement has taken hold in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. It may affect change, but it is up against a ruthless regime that will not easily relinquish control.
In 1979 the decision of military commanders not to fire on protesters led to the revolution. There is no sign of that yet.
The autocratic regime of Ayatollah Khamenei is coming under pressure like never before.
The hijab, which was forced on all Iranian women after the 1979 revolution, is a tool of oppression.
Job Board
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Regional Engagement Officer - Shepparton
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
-
Deputy Social Media Producer
Top contributors
-
Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
-
Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
-
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Middle East Politics & International Relations at Keele University, Keele University
-
Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, SOAS, University of London
-
Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
-
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
-
Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow
-
Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
-
Lecturer in International Law, University of Reading
-
PhD candidate, Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
-
PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oregon
-
Research associate, University of Victoria
-
Doctoral researcher, Feminist and Gender Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
-
Associate Professor Islamic Civilisation, Near & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin
-
Senior Lecturer in Law, London South Bank University
