Amini Protests: Vowing for a New Commitment Between Society and State

Authors : Merve ÇALHAN

Pages : 101-126

Doi:10.33201/iranian.1231791

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article aims to contextualize Iran’s recent protests, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police. The protests have amounted to be one of the most serious challenge to the regime’s uninterrupted legitimacy. The protests have been recorded as the longest standing one compared to the White Wednesdays Movement. Protesters have taken over the streets across the country to stand up for requesting equal rights for women. The attempt has been argued by critics and academics as posing a serious security challenge to presence of Islamic Republic. This courageous experiment could spur more significant developments in Iran over the coming days and weeks and the protesters may pose a major challenge to Iran’s entrenched leadership, however prediction of whether the survival of the government is at stake or not, is still very much debatable issue. In the article, distinctive features and reasons of Amini protests and the effects of launching dialogue channels among different segments of the society have been analyzed through main components of political process theory. In this framework of op-eds, reviews and reports which have been published in Iran national and international media platforms were interpreted.
Keywords : İsyanlar, Sosyal hareketler, Sosyal medya, Genç nüfus, Z kuşağı