Protest messages on money
It seems as if protesters find new methods of expression as often as the Iranian government shuts down avenues of protest.Iranians launch banknote protest to get round censorship
"Banknotes are our un-censorable messengers," one user wrote, referring to a rumoured plan to permanently block the popular messaging app Telegram, which is by far the most popular digital communication tool in Iran.
Slogans included "I am an overthrower".
Some of the sayings were originally chanted during mass anti-establishment protests at the turn of the year.
In late December, demonstrators took to the streets then to express their dissatisfaction with the social and economic situation in the country.
Telegram was believed to have been the main platform people used to obtain and share information about the protests, which took place across Iran from late December 2017 to January 2018.
Nearly 8,000 tweets have been posted since 28 April under the hashtag #Onehundredthousand_talking_banknotes in Persian, according to BBC Monitoring. Most posts are aimed at raising awareness about the new online movement…
Most tweets were posted anonymously, making them hard to independently verify…
One account… published a photograph of a note featuring a drawing of a protester in a hijab - a tribute to the recent "Girls of Enqelab (Revolution) Street" movement against the compulsory Islamic dress code in the country…
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