Iran's protest movement has passed its 100th day on Sunday and is showing little signs of fizzling out. A new generation of bold youths disillusioned by the ruling theocracy and thirsty for a normal life is in the middle of a struggle that seems undeterred by crackdown, imprisonment and executions.
It all began on Sept. 16, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody for improperly wearing her hijab. Public fury at the suffocating dress code quickly tapped into long-unaddressed demands, crises that have been swept under the rug: human rights, civil freedoms, corruption and unemployment.
