All the options are bad in Iran

The revolt is led by young women, to the extent that it has leaders at all, and they are still protesting after a month despite around 250 people killed by the regime’s forces and 12,500 arrested.

Protesters gather in Melbourne, Australia, for a rally in solidarity with the Iranian protests, on Sept. 29. The most popular chant of the young men and women who are now going to the streets all over Iran is 'Women! Life! Freedom!' writes Gwynne Dyer.Flickr photograph by Matt Hrkac

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 24, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—“Death to [fill in the blank]!” has been the slogan of choice chanted by Iranian protesters since the glory days of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 (like “Death to the Shah!” or “Death to America!” and more). It’s now 43 years later, however, and the content has become a ...

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