> the system and the culture

Iran is made up of different groups and cultures that has been forced throughout history by the Persians to live in one country in which the Persians are in power with iron-clad rules. Many of Iranians, especially the near Iraq and Turkey border view women very different from some other parts of the country. This regime's rule is even foreign to majority of the country when you think of the country's long history. Majority of those who protested in 1979 wouldn't have done so in retrospect, knowing about what's happening now.