Robert Azzi is a photographer and writer who lives in Exeter. His columns are archived at theotherazzi.wordpress.com. On April 19, 1909, in the village of Tabriz, a 24-year-old American, Howard Baskerville, a recent Princeton graduate who had gone to.
22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody sparked protests throughout the country. If this unrest leads to revolution, author Reza Aslan says it would be the fourth time in Iran’s recent history.
The 116-year-old Persian Constitutional Revolution spawned the country's long tradition of protest, seen in recent demonstrations over cuts to food subsidies.