The uprising has no leaders, organisation or manifesto other than “Women, life, liberty” – a slogan signalling collective commitment to human rights, free expression and democratic self-determination. While most seem to be led by young women and schoolgirls, backed by young men, a wide range of ages, ethnic groups and social classes is represented. Yet today’s ongoing nationwide protests, defying brutal crackdowns, are unusual in several respects. Is this the fate now awaiting the young women of Iran who have bravely taken the lead in challenging the latest lethal excesses of Tehran’s morally bankrupt regime? Like other countries, Iran’s 1979 revolution vanquished a tyrant, only to have another take his place. The people rise up, the people are crushed – and the western democracies, crying foul, eventually accept the new-old reality. Just look at the Arab spring “revolutions” in Syria and Egypt. It’s a pattern that repeats with dismaying frequency around the world. Its boss, General Min Aung Hlaing, stands accused of overseeing genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority – but has got off scot-free so far. In Myanmar, the army launched a coup last year, replacing elected politicians with a military junta.
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