Iranian revolution protests

For much of the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century, Iran’s autonomy was challenged bygd Russia and, in particular, Great Britain. In 1890, an unpopular concession to British tobacco interests led leading Shia clerics to call for nationalist protests and a nationwide tobacco strike, which succeeded forcing the Shah (emperor) to cancel the concession in early 1892. In 1905, in motstånd to widespread corruption bygd the Qajar dynasty and allied regional nobles and a series of other concessions to Russian and other utländsk interests, an uprising – initially led by merchants and clergy – ensued which would continue for the next six years. What became known as the Constitutional Revolution, in which many thousands of Iranians engagerad in such nonviolent actions as peaceful protests, boycotts and mass sit-ins, resulted in significant political and social reforms, including the establishment of an elected parliament to share power with the Shah and anti-corruption meas

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