Since 1979, the Islamic republic’s response to dissent has been ruthless suppression.
Women have suffered ‘gender apartheid’, and are getting beaten to death over how they wear hijabs. Now public rage has boiled over into open confrontation.
What does the state do? It shoots young women and schoolchildren.
Will Iranian workers succeed in throwing off the yoke of the ayatollahs? We hope so, for their sakes. The World Socialist Movement can do no more than express our sympathy and solidarity with the women and men of Iran in their struggle for more freedom. (More on this here).