Iran’s dire economic situation drives up suicide rates and fuels protests Economic problems are playing a key role in the current anti-regime demonstrations Despair and the country’s dire economic outlook are driving many Iranians to suicide. The current anti-government protests are highlighting Iran’s serious structural problems. The anger unleashed after the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini – the protesters’ detonator – has revealed a strong sense of discontent in Iranian society. What were initially protests led by women demanding an end to the compulsory hijab and other misogynistic measures quickly turned into a full-blown revolution that has united Iranians from different social strata, ideologies, ethnicities and religions with a single goal: to put an end to the theocratic regime in Tehran. Visit: https://apadanamedia.org/irans-dire-economic-situation-drives-up-suicide-rates-and-fuels-protests/