Women's Rights Issues in Iran

In 2019 the spark was an economic issue it was a sudden hike and fuel prices so you saw a lot of working class Iranians, whose life costs suddenly dramatically change just because of this fuel price. This time around it's the spark is a woman's rights issues so you have a lot of women young women really reading these protests or taking the being on the front line. The symbolic images of them burning their scarf essentially or cutting their hair which is a sign of grief are also a sign of defiance and resistance.