Protests against the regime in Tehran are not new.
Citizens across different groups have expressed their rejection of the Iranian government's policies and tactics at various points in time since 1979 when the clerics took up the reins of power.
Such manifestations of opposition have taken many shapes and forms over the years: an armed revolt by Kurdish parties in the months that followed Ayatollah Khomeini's ascent to power; violent clashes between the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and the fledgling regime in the early 1980s; and student protests at the end of the 1990s, to name a few.
With the collapse of the socioeconomic structure came recurrent protests, which in last September turned into angry and violent turmoil following the murder of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called ‘morality’ police.
