Changing Power Equilibrium: Do Economic Sanctions Facilitate Social Movements? A Study of Iranian Teachers’ Movement

• In Event: Power and Protests in Iran

Brief Overview

In this study, I examine the impacts of the U.S. nuclear sanctions on the Iranian teachers’ movement from two angles: triggering economic dissatisfaction among teachers and decreasing the regime’s capacity for to control the teachers' movement.

Author

• Amir Mahdavi, University of Connecticut