The Anatomy of Social Protest: The Case of Iran


Hamed Kazemzadeh, University of Ottawa; Abdie Kazemipur, University of Calgary

Drawing on a rich set of data on the recent waves of social protest in Iran, we offer an overview of the main qualities of the oppositional social movement in Iran. The data reports the movements gender composition, provincial distribution, the types of demands, the main players, the nature of governments suppression of protests, the degree of violence, and the number of casualties. Together, these trends show a gradually shifting profile of the oppositional social movement in Iran. The implications of this shift for the future of Iran are discussed. 

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