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Despite what some believe; it's not really Perso-Aryan-Nationalists behind the protests. Quite the contrary
The 'Rich Kids of Tehran' are fueling Iran's protests - Business Insider
The 'Rich Kids of Tehran' are fueling Iran's protests - Business Insider
Iran recently erupted in country-wide protests.
Anti-government protestors turned to the same target: the wealthy elite.
Iranian millennials hardly keep their wealth a secret, especially in the age of social media.
Iran recently erupted in country-wide protests that brought out both anti- and pro-government forces.
The demonstrators in Iran mobilized against everything from the government to the economic woes of the country. Gradually, across the country, anti-government protestors turned to the same target: a wealthy elite that has reaped the benefits of a top-down theocratic regime.
At least a part of this seems to have been spurred by a new openness from Iranian millennials, who hardly keep their wealth a secret, especially in the age of social media.
"When the occasional Maserati roars through the crowded streets of Tehran, past crowded buses and shabby domestic sedans, pedestrians sometimes unleash streams of curses in its wake," Shashank Bengali and Ramin Mostaghim write in the Los Angeles Times.
The LA Times used the popular "Rich Kids of Tehran" Instagram account as an example, where "attractive 20-somethings flaunt $1,000 Hermes sandals and frolic poolside at lavish mansions in a capital where, perhaps in another part of town, the desperate hawk their own kidneys to feed their families."
Anti-government protestors turned to the same target: the wealthy elite.
Iranian millennials hardly keep their wealth a secret, especially in the age of social media.
Iran recently erupted in country-wide protests that brought out both anti- and pro-government forces.
The demonstrators in Iran mobilized against everything from the government to the economic woes of the country. Gradually, across the country, anti-government protestors turned to the same target: a wealthy elite that has reaped the benefits of a top-down theocratic regime.
At least a part of this seems to have been spurred by a new openness from Iranian millennials, who hardly keep their wealth a secret, especially in the age of social media.
"When the occasional Maserati roars through the crowded streets of Tehran, past crowded buses and shabby domestic sedans, pedestrians sometimes unleash streams of curses in its wake," Shashank Bengali and Ramin Mostaghim write in the Los Angeles Times.
The LA Times used the popular "Rich Kids of Tehran" Instagram account as an example, where "attractive 20-somethings flaunt $1,000 Hermes sandals and frolic poolside at lavish mansions in a capital where, perhaps in another part of town, the desperate hawk their own kidneys to feed their families."
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