The state can deal with sporadic rage. But what it always fails to do is address the economic and political grievances of young people on the streetsIn Kermanshah,a Kurdish town in Iran’s north-west, the protests on Friday were a classic scene of revolt: young men in battered clothes shouting and hurling rocks at the police as a water cannon sprayed an ineffective mist over their heads. In footage on social media, and the crowd never appeared to grow larger than a few hundred,but its defiance was palpable. What is vexing the people of Kermanshah? What is vexing the people of Iran, who maintain protested in 20 cities across the country for four successive days? Related: Rouhani acknowledges Iranian discontent as protests continue Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk