#security-crackdown

#security-crackdown

She never made it to church. But later on Sunday she decided to join a bustling protest march in nearby Independence Square. How can they expect us to stay silent? she asked from the square, holding a yellow jerrycan and small tin-can lamp jiro-kapoaka items that have become symbols of resistance among the youth protesters. We fetch water in the dark, we sleep through power cuts, and they tell us to be patient? For how long?

Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed six in a crackdown aimed at asserting control after a war with Israel exposed vulnerabilities.