Despite lethal repression, Iran’s protests continue
The loyalty of the army has yet to be tested
Every evening at 10pm Mahvash, a university student, opens the window of her fifth-floor flat and starts yelling. Neighbours take up her refrain of “Women, Life, Freedom!”. Soon her chants against Iran’s theocracy echo from block to block above the riot police below—and across Tehran, the capital. Some protesters wear masks to avoid identification. Many switch off the lights. Almost all the voices are women’s. “Blood that is spilled unfairly will boil until the end of time,” runs an old Persian saying, now back in fashion.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “All the mullahs’ bullets”
Middle East & Africa October 15th 2022
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