The protests have been gaining steam, frustrating authorities who have blamed Iran’s foreign enemies and their agents for orchestrating the disturbances
Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the country’s “enemies” may try to mobilize workers after failing to topple the Islamic government in more than two months of unrest.
Women and university students have played a prominent role in the anti-government street demonstrations, waving and burning head scarves to denounce Iran’s strict Islamic dress code for women. In 1979, a combination of mass protests and strikes by oil workers and bazaar merchants helped to sweep the clergy to power in Iran’s Islamic revolution.
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