A large part of the reasons we are seeing riots in Iran is because of the generation gap. A whole group of young people don’t remember the revolution and don’t believe in its ideals. They are Modern, hip and wants to just live their lives. This clashes with the Islamo-Fascist ideology of the Iranian regime.
Iran’s election opens generational fissure
On the other hand, an equally important factor is that most of the demonstrators who have been questioning the legitimacy of Iran’s electoral process in the last week are not, unlike their parents, revolutionaries. They belong to a new generation that did not experience the revolution of 1979 and wants another Iran. Most of them were not around or are too young to remember the revolution, but they made up one-third of eligible voters in the presidential election.
These youngsters are a reminder that a monolithic image of Iran does not necessarily reflect the mind-set of 70% of the population that is under the age of 30. After all, the young Iran’s quest for democracy has presented serious challenges not only to the status of the doctrine of the Velayat-e Faqih — the rule of religious jurists — but to the reform movement and its democratic authenticity.
Tags: Islamo-Fascism
