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Does anyone have information about the ongoing protests in Tehran? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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My mother has been informing me about protests in Tehran regarding the prices of different goods being high and wildly inconsistent.

Of course, since it's Iranian diaspora on social media bringing attention to this, they're highlighting occurrences where people are calling for a return of the Shah. Though it's not every case, either some specifically denouncing Pezeshkian.

I'd like to ask other comrades if they have more information beyond just random social media posts on western platforms, like information about grievances towards Pezeshkian specifically, or later discontent with the government's economic policies.

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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I am going to phrase this in a way that will be provocative, but:

Even though I don't like the anti-communist government in Iran, violence and an escalation of the protests into violence and meddling by the West against the legitimate state is too extreme.

I am a communist, not a extremist.

If you want to change things, the movement needs wider support and must not be commandist, especially if it's not going to have a palpable framework for dealing with the problems therein, such as the prices.

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel the same. The primary threat to the Iranian people is US imperialism in the region right now. If Communists want to have influence in and potentially come to power at a later date, they must position themselves against the threat of imperialism before all else.

Though personally I'm interested in seeing how Iran's closer relationship with China may influence the newer generation. There's still too much of a reliance on western economic and political doctrine among Iranian higher education which makes governance more difficult then it should be.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Problem is, the current government of Iran, last I checked, is too neoliberal or had a lot of neoliberal influence.

I don't think China's influence will amount much, not if everyone is still annoyed or agitated by the mistakes that the government makes.