May 2006 uprising in Iran

In Iran, Azerbaijanis have conquered the region and settled in the region. Protests are rare in the area unless something major occurs. Azeris living in the region have faced police repression in the protests that occurred in the area. However, marginalisation and economic turmoil has also not just hit Iran also hit the Azeri region. After the newspaper for children was sold in both Persian and Azeri, the word spread and stirred controversy.[2]

May 22-30 Popular rallies was scheduled for all of May after student-led demonstrations on 22 May, protesters took to the streets amid growing Police brutality and violence against demonstrators protesting the controversial newspaper. Civil disobedience occurred scattered in the country in solidarity with the demonstrators. A crackdown and a wave of arbitrary arrests followed the protests. In Tabriz, protests picked up when protesters staged Sit-ins during the period of civil unrest outside buildings and major blocks.[3]

May 30-31: A string of protests and a wave of demonstrations hit Iran and northwestern Azeri region of Iran. Popular chants during Sit-ins on 22-24 May prompted a swift response by the Iranian authorities. Rolling out protests and General strikes was organised throughout the region as protests escalated. The police failed quelling the strikes as the protesters threw stones at police. In Tabriz again, young people participated in protest rallies and Strike actions on 31 May.[4]

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