I’ve been researching Iranian Generation Z (Gen Z) for almost a year now.
Known as the 1380s generation in the Iranian calendar, Iranian Zoomers are frustrated/angry with the status quo and aren't afraid to say it online and push outside the red lines of the IRI. 🧵
Known as the 1380s generation in the Iranian calendar, Iranian Zoomers are frustrated/angry with the status quo and aren't afraid to say it online and push outside the red lines of the IRI. 🧵
It’s no surprise that the nationwide protests prompted by #MahsaAmini’s murder are led by this generation.
Iranian Gen Z have grown up with satellite dishes and (heavily filtered) social media and Internet at their fingertips, which they use circumvention tools to bypass.
Iranian Gen Z have grown up with satellite dishes and (heavily filtered) social media and Internet at their fingertips, which they use circumvention tools to bypass.
Iranian Zoomers, like Gen Z everywhere, are digital natives and are part of this truly globalized generation.
Thanks to information and communications technology, they're able to see how the rest of the world lives and naturally, have the same wants and needs.
Thanks to information and communications technology, they're able to see how the rest of the world lives and naturally, have the same wants and needs.
As Iranian Gen Z spends a lot of time online, they see the injustices and double standards in their society and their wasted potential.
Many Iranian Zoomers feel disconnected to the geriatric clerical establishment and don’t have anything in common with them.
Many Iranian Zoomers feel disconnected to the geriatric clerical establishment and don’t have anything in common with them.
Iranian Gen Z were only children when the 2009 post-election protests known as the Green Movement took place.
They were mostly teenagers during the November 2019 protests in which security forces arrested and killed thousands.
They were mostly teenagers during the November 2019 protests in which security forces arrested and killed thousands.
Now that they're almost grown up, Iranian Gen Z is taking control of their future in a way their parents haven't been able to.
They're leading the protests in-person and online, saying very loud and clear that they no longer want an Islamic Republic.
They're leading the protests in-person and online, saying very loud and clear that they no longer want an Islamic Republic.
23-yr-old #HadisNajafi, who was murdered by security forces on 9/21, is the very essence of this Gen Z-led protest. She was an active TikToker who posted dance videos and reposted them onto her IG account.
Like many others right now, Najafi put her life on the line for change.
Like many others right now, Najafi put her life on the line for change.
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