Iran: national teachers` strike could herald new era of dissent
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran witnessed a nationwide strike by teachers on October 14-15. Iranian social media exploded with photos and videos of the teachers´ sit-ins at elementary and high schools across more than a dozen cities. Official Iranian media completely ignored the strike, however, while mainstream media abroad largely either downplayed the story or covered it as if the protests were only about better salaries and a consequence of US sanctions against Iran. But the truth is that the strike was more about the students than the teachers themselves. The central demand of the strike was `educational justice`. One viral video , for example, shows a teacher explaining the reasons for the strike to his teenage...