- Since the Iranian police killed Mahsa Amini in September, citizen protests have increased both on the streets and on the networks. They have also responded with humor to the persecution of the State, initiating a movement of the clergy.
The Iranian regime responds strongly to their protests. Since the police murdered Mahsa Amini on 16 September last, riots have intensified and human rights have denounced the deaths of more than 200 demonstrators by the security forces. Although citizenship has not stopped going out in the street, social networks have also become the main way of protest. The label '#mahsaamini' has spread over 250 million times in Persian and over 50 million times in English, according to the BBC media.
Social media is one of the few existing media for Iranian resistance. In some cases they have felt humorous, such as the "game" of clergy to remove the turban. The clergy has a lot of power in the Iranian authority.
After being arrested and tortured for bringing “bad clothes” to the Amini veil, the scarf that women must wear has become a symbol of protests. Many have taken it out in the audience and others have cut it off. In addition, the pictures that appear on the street dancing, something forbidden in Iran, have been broadcast unless they are traditional dances.
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On the other hand, on 30 October the students of a university in Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, launched the wall of the cafeteria separating women and men, while shouting “freedom”.