tk111 said:
ABATTBQ11 said:
The guy they're arresting is allegedly an agent of the Iranian government tasked with spying on dissidents abroad. The people kicking his ass are protesters angry over the death of Mahsa Amini. They apparently found him out and weren't too happy about it
well that at least adds a little context...still no idea what the f is going on
There are protests going on outside Iranian embassies in Europe right now over the death of Mahsa Amini. She died in custody after being arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly. They say she died of a heart attack, but she was in her mid -twenties and in excellent health before being violently arrested.
Now there are riots and protests all over Iran and at Iranian embassies by Iranians and others living abroad. This was one of them, and the guy the crowd is chasing down is apparently some kind of spook. The cops were trying to get him away and may have been arresting him under the auspices of being part of a counterprotest.
TLDR All those people are protesting the Islamists in Iran and Iranian theocracy.