In the wake of the death of Jîna (Mahsa) Amini, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained by morality police in Tehran on September 13, massive protests have erupted in Iran. Iranian authorities claim that Amini died of a heart attack and have taken no responsibility for her death, despite her perfect health and witnesses to her beating and abuse. Protesters are demanding an end to compulsory roosari, or hijab, laws; denouncing economic inequality; and even calling for a complete toppling of the theocratic government.

Thousands of protesters have been detained in recent weeks, and internet blackouts have been being implemented to deter organizing and the spread of information. Iranian officials report at least forty dead, while independent sources claim it’s much higher. The scenes have been striking: young people fighting the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); protesters taking over cities; women shaving their heads, lighting their roosaris on fire, and shouting “Down with the Islamic Republic!”

While the protest activity has begun to die down in recent days, people are now turning to work stoppages: students and teachers are on strike, and unions and labor organizations are calling for workers to refuse to show up for work — including those in Iran’s valuable oil industry.