This essay is a discussion of these barriersimpediments to the green movement s successand the oppositions attempts to overcome them. The green movement in iran core scholar wright state university. The green movement is the only updated, recent book of its kind, outlining the recent political events in iran known as the green movement. The uprising since iran s disputed presidential election is the most important political event in the islamic republic since the 1979 revolution. Shirin ebadi, human rights lawyer and nobel peace prize winner, 2003. Western media heralded the green movement in iran as a twitter revolution fueled by information and communication technologies icts and social media tools. Iran s opposition green movement grew out of public anger at suspected voter fraud in the june 12, 2009, presidential election, leading to demands for new elections.
This book is poorly written and edited, with numerous grammatical errors, copy editing mistakes and more. American released from iran prison describes solitary confinement, constant surveillance duration. I believe that iran was a lesson for the women in the entire region. Pdf the iranian green movement emerged after the presidential. The iranian green movement emerged after the presidential election in. When merged with a dynamic and charismatic leader, revolutions are born. Irans 2009 presidential election was followed by widespread protests. The green movement took its name from a green sash given to mir hossein. Green movement lessons for the arab spring a facebook. In 2009 iran witnessed the green movement, a popular uprising that challenged the status quo of the sociopolitical structures of the islamic republic. Mousavi by mohammad khatami, irans twoterm president and the reform.
The green movement might have started as a protest against seemingly unfair elections but now it is about a lot more than that, it is about religion and the nature of government in iran. Ideals of the iranian green movement, methods of the. The green movement is, in its composition and genealogy, both old and new. The green movement abbas milani the green movement took its name from a green sash given to mir hossein mousavi by mohammad khatami, iran s twoterm president and the reform movement s first standardbearer. Virtual space, along with its function in joining sporadic spaces and.
A number of social, political, and economic barriers to regime change exist in iran, and each has contributed to the perceived failures of the green movement since june 2009. Part of critical scholars cohen, 2009 tend to consider the new communication technologies as depoliticized, privatized tools, and present them as personal and entertainment apparatuses. One thing western observers should have learned from 30 years of secondguessing iran and iranians. Which iranian uprising does the arab spring bring to mind. Limitations of the green movement and barriers to reform. The prodemocracy movement has receded from public space, but it remains a model for nonviolent civil rights movements. Combining with the strategy of deidentification, activists acting.
Movement is heir to the reformist current within the islamic republics body politic. The green movement has dramatically altered the internal political landscape as well as the diplomatic dynamics for the outside world. The green movement of 2009 was firmly rooted in the reformist political movement, symbolized by former president mohammad khatami, the wouldbe president mousavi and other prominent politicians. Irans green movement united states institute of peace. The revolution of 1979 was the result of a historically incongruent alliance between modernizing middle and technocratic classes, the urban poor, womens and students groups, some disgruntled members of iran s new industrialist class, members of the bazaar and demodernizing forces led by revolutionary. Internet allowed the green movement to enhance its political opportunities. What is the green movement in iran and how successful was. The green movement reached its height when up to 3 million peaceful.