Modern Day Iran Research Paper

Throughout the history of Iran, there have been many forms of resistance, such as the Tobacco Revolt and Black Friday, which have created other types of resistance in modern day Iran.The power of force to silence and eliminate forms of resistance in history has nurtured a movement of forms of protest in modern day Iran. Foremost, in the year of 1891, the Nasir al-Din Shah signed an agreement with the British giving them privilege over the profitable Iranian tobacco industry. Following the agreement, a protest began, led by the muslim clergy, or ulama, and other Iranians who believed that whatever was Iranian belonged to Iran, not foreign nations. All Iranians came together and decided to boycott against the agreement by organizing demonstrations
In addition, on September 8, 1978, also known as Black Friday, troops established by the Shah fired on demonstrators who were holding slogans that said “Death to the Shah,” in Jaleh Square, killing more than 500 people. However, women in modern day in Iran still show resistance towards the government only in a different way according to Ada, "It was resistance! We would wear gloves to hide our hands and use tricks to get away with wearing as much makeup as possible. That's what [the government] does to us.” In the past, demonstrators would gather together to speak out against the Shah, and there would be a lot of violence involved like shootings and killing people. In modern day Iran, woman like Ada show their resistance towards the government by wearing makeup and nail polish and using as many tricks as they can to get away with it, which shows us the two different types of resistance in modern day and the past Iran and how the past has influenced the