Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we take a look at the ongoing protests in Iran, the spiraling British economic crisis, and Israel’s fatal incursion into the West Bank.
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Protests to sweep Iran
Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we take a look at the ongoing protests in Iran, the spiraling British economic crisis, and Israel’s fatal incursion into the West Bank.
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Protests to sweep Iran
Nearly two weeks after the protests in Iran, they have hardened into a wave of anger and provocative frustration that shows no signs of abating despite government repression and an emerging death toll.
The unrest was catalyzed by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was in police custody for allegedly violating Iran’s strict hijab law. and are accused of enforcing the country’s conservative dress code.
“There is a general basic sense of a regime that respects its own people,” said Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran program at the Middle East Institute, adding that the protesters had a “long list of grievances. “
Women have been in the middle of the protests, burning their headscarves and cutting their hair to protest Iran’s inflexible laws. At least 41 other people were killed in the resulting clashes, according to state media, while more than 1200 people were arrested. In the country, protesters chanted “Death to the dictator” and “We will die, we will die, but we will take back Iran,” Reuters reported.
As the unrest intensified, the government cut off the net and accused Kurdish opposition teams of orchestrating the protests, launching airstrikes against them that killed at least thirteen other people and injured dozens. During this period, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has remained silent.
The regime “refuses, in general, to conform to this truth that it does not constitute the desires, longings, longings of its own people,” Vatanka said.
Popular Iranian artists, celebrities and athletes have already spoken out in favor of the ongoing protests. If prominent politicians within the regime do the same, Vatanka said, it may mean the beginning of a deeper political shift from past protests.
“We haven’t noticed any defections from the regime,” Vatanka said. “If they start doing this, then we can start saying it’s different. “
What we are today
As the pound plunged and government debt soared, the Bank of England announced it would buy up to 65 billion pounds ($71 billion) in long-term bonds in a bid to stabilize the economy.
But how did Britain get here? After a mix of austerity and economic shockwaves from the pandemic and war in Ukraine, “the British economy, plagued by a myriad of systemic problems, is stagnating, or dying from thousands of cuts,” Amy Mackinnon and Anusha Rathi of FP.
An Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank killed at least four Palestinians and wounded others, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. It is one of the deadliest clashes this year in the West Bank.
Israeli forces said they planned to arrest two Palestinians in connection with an April attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, and clashes broke out after the two men fired and detonated an explosive. instructions and firing tear gas canisters as they surround and bomb a house. “
Keep an eye on
Tens of thousands of others marched in Prague to protest the energy and living charges, calling for the Czech government’s resignation on Wednesday. In September, more than 70,000 demonstrators also rallied in the city to protest the government’s reaction to the power crisis.
The Prague example may be a harbinger of what might await other European leaders as the crisis of power deepens. “It’s a wake-up call, and I hope it’s a wake-up call for others across Europe,” Tomas Pojar, a Czech prime minister, told The New York Times.
In a diplomatic setback for Washington, the Solomon Islands government will signal the Biden administration’s joint Pacific summit statement, saying it needs to “reflect” on the declaration. In recent years, the country has deepened ties with China and the two nations recently finalized a security pact.
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Tips
When Danish footballers take part in the Qatar World Cup, some will wear black T-shirts instead of the typical white and red T-shirts to protest against human rights violations in Qatar. Since Doha granted reception rights in 2010, more than 6,500 migrant staff in the country have died, many of whom were likely construction infrastructure for the tournament, The Guardian reported.
Black is the “color of mourning,” manufacturer Hummel Sport wrote in an Instagram post, adding that his help for the Danish team “should not be for a tournament that has claimed the lives of thousands. “
Christina Lu is a journalist at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @christinafei
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