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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