Thursday 13 October 2022

Iran Protests


The story

 

‘Neither headscarf nor humiliation. Freedom and equality’. This is what university students in Iran have been shouting.

Protests began last month when a young woman died after being arrested by

morality police for not covering her hair.

Many members of the younger generation say they want a different lifestyle and don’t identify with the Iranian regime.

Human rights groups think 200 people have died in the protests so far.


Key words and phrases 

fan the flames

encourage a tense situation

. His angry Twitter post fanned the flames of political tension.

. Stop spreading rumours. You’re fanning the flames. 


wave

lots of things are happening at once

. There was a wave of support for the new football manager.

. A wave of sickness made all the students ill. 


Gen Z

the group of people born in the late 90s and early 2000s

• It’s often said that Gen Z are very obsessed with social media.

• He’s from Gen Z - Of course he doesn’t drink alcohol.


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