Her comment goes to the heart of grievances against the Islamic Republic; people have asked those questions for a long time. It’s just that since Dec 2017 nationwide protests, many have woken up to fact that Islamists have no intention to allow meaningful changes through…

https://twitter.com/arash_tehran/status/1578080943860027399

…ordinary means like ballot boxes. All the state had to do was to de-emphasize enforcement of hejab laws, but under Raisi stepped it up over summer. Now they’re realizing that they’ve lost on this issue and they’re debating adjustments, but we’re at a point of no return.

I grew up in Iran in 90’s and 2000’s, and economy/things were always bad. It was that for many, war and revolution were still fresh, and reform was still deemed viable (that has had its ups and downs). wsj.com/articles/iran-… The youth engine behind ‘97 reform movement always wanted fundamental change but felt that reformism was best path. Gen Z doesn’t believe that, because Khamenei/IRGC blocked everything

Javad Zarif, former FM and current Tehran Uni faculty member, states: "the dialogue of greatness that's dialogue of Supreme Leader, alongside people's presence, have been greatest deterrence for Islamic Republic, and will be so in future. That we won't succumb to bullying..." "...and that we have a people who would resist against wrong things have the the biggest deterrence." hamshahrionline.ir/news/710137/نشست-مهم-اساتید-دانشگاه-تهران-درباره-حوادث-اخیر-از-مقیمی-و-حدادعادل