Gary Metz has posted his week in review for everything that has happened in Iran. Templar Pundit quotes one specific post from Regime Change Iran that I find interesting:

At least 1,500 anti-government protests, strikes, and clashes took place in Iran during the year that ended on March 20.

More than 450 strikes, demonstrations, and gatherings by white- and blue-collar workers, were reported in state-run and opposition media. Some strikes, such as the one by coal miners in Sangroud, lasted for more than 50 days.

Non-payment of salaries, insufficient pay, and the privatisation of many sectors of work were the main reasons reported for the majority of the strikes. It was widely reported that a great number of civil servants did not receive during the New Year period and were forced to start the year without basic household goods.

The next major sector of society to have been involved in ant-government protests were student groups. Over 330 strikes, protests and political gatherings by students were reported over the past year. Their protests were coupled by teachers???????? strikes, which numbered 110 during the same time.

Speaking of which, did you know that protests in China went up by 35% last year? I should be on Jeopardy.