Does anyone here remember the 2009 Iranian protests and if so, do you see any comparisons between them and what's going on now?

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

I remember those protests vividly but the crackdowns this time around seem way more brutal. After one prominent Iranian was killed (Neda Soltan) her name was remembered for a long time.

But now it seems like the names of the martyrs are much more "ephemeral". Not because people forget faster now but because one person is killed after another by Iranian security forces.

And a lot of the footage was pretty pixelated because it was recorded on flip phone cameras but now, I can't tell if footage was filmed on someone's smart phone or by reporters from a news source.

Also, another difference is that back then it was mostly college students who were protesting but now High School girls are joining the fray (and getting gunned down).

Anyway, jian, jiyan, azadi!!!

[jshm2]

Nah, police brutality is the same whether it's the USA or Iran.

It's BECASUE it's the same and makes the USA look as bad as Iran that there is little coverage given to that angle.

[Berethor]

I remember, US should had attacked Iran at that time, both to help protesters and stop the nukes.

[misogynistic_pig]

No, in 2009 I was a child and I did not care about such things, anyway, Iran must maintain the compulsory hijab and not give in, the ayatollahs are intelligent, they know that giving women freedoms only leads to degeneration of society, just as it happens in the West.

[Guy13]

I can't make the connection.