Protest. Crackdown. Repeat. It’s become an all-too-familiar cycle for Iranians.
Political disillusionment with a system that has proven unwilling or incapable of reform, coupled with economic stagnation, worsened by the trifecta of chronic mismanagement, deep corruption, and crippling sanctions, has driven repeated waves of nationwide protest in recent years.
These uprisings often last several days and, at times like the 2022 protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the religious police, have brought about profound change in society. But the pattern is familiar: people take to the streets, a violent crackdown follows, and protesters are eventually pushed back into their homes,…
