Vivian Yee and Farnaz Fassihi

The country’s long economic decline has been one of the main forces sending Iranians into the streets over the past two weeks to demand change.

Women have been casting off their legally required head scarves, forming the primary image of the protests. But grievances against a repressive regime go far...

Amid growing repression, a sickly economy and bleak prospects, the death of one young woman was all it took.