Unpacking the Uprising in Iran

The recent uprising in Iran marks one of the darkest and most consequential moments in the country’s modern history. In January, millions took to the streets across hundreds of cities, only to face an unprecedented massacre carried out under an internet blackout that severed Iranians from one another and from the world. As fragments of testimony and images continue to surface—of mass killings, collective mourning, and everyday resistance—they reveal not only the scale of state violence but also a society that has reached a breaking point. This event responds to that urgent present by situating the uprising within longer histories of struggle in Iran, examining both the continuities of repression and resistance and the discontinuities that make this moment historically distinct.

 

• Dana Abdel Fattah is a PhD researcher at Humboldt University and co-head of the Department of Migration and Health at BIM

An event organized by the CMB researchers Thibaut Menoux, Nathalie Moine und Ayse Yuva in collaboration with the BIM and its project MERGE