"Iranians from all walks of life are no strangers to protesting or striking over political, economic and other grievances. Protests and strikes have spread across Iran over the past week amid a rapid economic decline and grievances over multiple ongoing crises. Shopkeepers took to the streets and closed down businesses in downtown Tehran on December 28, sparking demonstrations that have now been recorded in most of Iran's 31 provinces."
"The decree followed a ban on alcohol; the separation of men and women in universities, schools, pools and beaches; and limitations on broadcasting music from radio and television. The alarmed women were met with threats as well as pro-state mobs who attacked them with sticks and stones. The hijab eventually became mandatory and noncompliance punishable by law several years later, creating a pillar of the Islamic Republic and the root of decades of tensions with the public."
Protests and strikes spread across most of Iran's 31 provinces after shopkeepers closed businesses in downtown Tehran on December 28 amid a rapid economic decline and multiple crises. Iran has a long history of protests, including the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the shah and brought a theocratic establishment to power. Women's protests began shortly after the revolution opposing mandatory hijab decrees and related social restrictions; those protests were met with threats and attacks and the hijab later became law, fueling decades of tension culminating in the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022–2023. The IRGC was formed to suppress dissent and confront groups like the MEK.
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