> But the thing that gets them rioting is economic failure. Which the strikes have exacerbated.

Past riots were related to women rights or election fraud. The last one were related to the economic situation, but there is a large young population in Iran which aren't religious anymore, and living in an oppressive theocracy

They'll have company soon

https://gtnm.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-theocratic-authorita...