Is the regime collapsing? Protests against Iranian authorities will soon enter their fourth week following the death of Mahsa Amini, and teenage schoolgirls are stepping up to take on the mantle.
Iran schoolgirls overwhelm feared police boss
Glossary
Emancipation - The process of being set free.
Venerated - Revered, or thought about with great respect.
Tehran - The capital of Iran.
Gen Z - Short for Generation Z, meaning people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Paramilitary - An unofficial group organised like a military force.
Basij - A paramilitary volunteer group established in Iran in 1979.
Exiled - Sent or forced away from one's country, normally for political reasons.
Patriarchal - A society in which adult men have a monopoly on power. In these societies, men tend to hold all political positions, and women and children are also expected to obey the men in their families.