EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A protester tries to set fire to a British flag on top of a wall at the British embassy in Tehran November 29, 2011. Iranian protesters stormed two British Embassy compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag in a protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian television showed. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

March 02, 2011

Opposition Protests in 2011

The Editors

Iranian protestors aligned with the opposition and Green Movement have demonstrated in Tehran and other cities on multiple days in February and March 2011. These protests are the first significant anti-regime protests since late 2009. Recent activity indicates that the grievances of the embattled Iranian opposition continue to build and that the Iranian authorities' systematic campaign against the opposition has not entirely suppressed the broader opposition movement. 

Iranian protestors aligned with the opposition and Green Movement have demonstrated in Tehran and other cities on multiple days in February and March 2011

The Critical Threats Project will monitor opposition protests and activity in 2011. For data and summaries of protest activities, please see the Iran Protests map on criticalthreats.org.