Iranian society is inching toward violence: Poverty, societal breakdown, and a corrupt election to place the man behind a massacre in the president's office do not bode well for stability.

Society does not move toward violence overnight, over a month, or even over several years. Violence is the result of many shortfalls in any society, bringing it to the brink of collapse. At one point, it manifests in the form of a volcanic eruption. The traces of violence are seen among the elderly in Iran (this couple, for example), the same people who were once a symbol of peace, tolerance, and experience. Nowadays, they are like moving bombs of violence on the streets, buses, and subways.

The recent pandemic has lowered the tolerance threshold for people all over the world. Iran's supreme leader issued a fatwa banning reputable vaccines from countries such as France, Britain, and the United States. This latest example of colossally mismanaging the virus has contributed to a more tense society in Iran. However, the pandemic is not the reason for a dysfunctional system; it is just another symptom.

Violence in Iran's society is directly related to the violence that Iran's security and law enforcement agencies perpetrate. The security forces impose all kinds of restrictions, limitations, brutalities, and hardship on society. The security forces kill the border porters and fuel carriers.

Another cause of anger in Iran is unbridled class differences. In Iran, a sentence from the Prophet of Islam is incredibly famous, and that is that society could carry on with infidelity but could not sustain poverty and oppression. These realities are all interwoven.

Iranian society is getting increasingly violent. In the past few days, several women have been killed by their husbands in Iran's border cities. An increase in child murder, general murder and family crimes, suicide, and theft, and a decrease in psychological security in society, reflects the rising violence and seems to contribute to more violence.

Do tell. I'd bet that Chicago, Baltimore, New York city all dwarf Iran's violence levels, murder levels, suicide and theft levels - every day, all day.

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