2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests

2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
Part of the Iranian Democracy Movement
	Closed stores at Tehran Bazaar
Date	14 April 2018 – 23 June 2019
Location	Throughout Iran, especially in bazaars
Caused by	Economic hardships in Iran; Continued dissatisfaction with the government, especially in the aftermath of previous protests during the Iranian Democracy Movement such as the 2017-2018 Iranian protests; Government corruption; Opposition to Iranian involvement in regional conflicts;
Goals	Economic stability; Prosecution of corrupt government officials;
Methods	Demonstrations, civil disobedience, strikes
Resulted in	Continued rise of opposition to the Iranian government; Eventual escalation into the 2018 Iranian water protests and 2019 Iranian protests;
Parties
Bazaaris; Workers; Truckers; Teachers; University students; Farmers; Women; Bus drivers; Railway workers; Retirees	Islamic Republic of Iran; • NAJA; • AJA; • IRGC; • VAJA; • Ansar-e Hezbollah; • Pro-government protestors;
Lead figures
	Hashem Khastar (Teachers representative); Esmail Bakhshi (Workers representative); Others Ali Khamenei; Hassan Rouhani; Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli; Amir Hatami; Mohammad Bagheri; Hossein Ashtari; Abdolrahim Mousavi; Hossein Salami; Mahmoud Alavi; Hossein Allahkaram
Number
Tens of thousands	Tens of thousands of law enforcement and military personnel
Casualties
Arrested	10+ in Bazaar strikes ; 261 truckers ; 5 Kurdish activists ; 40+ teachers 61 workers

The 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests were a series of strikes and protests that took place across Iran from early 2018 until mid-2019 against the country's economic situation, as well as the Iranian government, as part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement.