Are the protests in Iran fuelled by a Western conspiracy?
The impact of Mahsa Amini's killing on a global scale, particularly among the Iranian diaspora in the West, is undoubtedly bigger and fiercer than the Bloody Aban protests of 2019.
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The author is a researcher, focuses on religion and politics in South Asia with a particular interest in Shi’i studies. He is currently serving as Senior Research Coordinator at the Department of Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. He tweets @jafferamirza.
