Azar Mansouri: The gap between the government and the people is the cause of the protest movement
Azar Mansouri: The Mahsa protest movement, or whatever other name is given to this movement, is now in its third month, and the main cause and reason for this movement, which is the deep gap between the government and the people, is still being denied by some officials of the regime.
Regrettably, this denial results in a group of officials who have access to official platforms not sympathizing or aligning with the protesters on even the most minimal demand of this movement, which is the disbanding of the morality police and reforming the hijab law. Instead, they label the protesters as rioters and present harsh measures as their only possible option.
What led to a unified government was not the choice of the people. If the capacities that could have helped bridge these gaps were not viewed purely through a security lens, Iran would never have reached this point after the 1979 revolution.