article_snippet.sent: These stunning images capture the way young people in Iran are defying Iran's hardline Islamic image to create a more Westernised society.
article_snippet.sent: Peace and love: Young people in Iran are defying the country's hardline Islamic image to create a more Westernised society .
article_snippet.sent: The Iranian youth is also among the most politically active groups within the 57 nations that make up the Islamic world.
article_snippet.sent: Young activists have influenced the Islamic Republic's political agenda since 1997.
article_snippet.sent: After the 2009 presidential election, The Iranian youth was the biggest bloc involved in the region's first sustained 'people power' movement for democratic change, which helped create a new political dynamic in the Middle East.
article_snippet.sent: In many ways the highly-politicised largely Shiite youth of Iran can be seen as a forerunner of the Arab Spring movement that swept the Sunni Muslim world in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Making a change: The Iranian youth is among the most politically active groups within the 57 nations that make up the Islamic world .
article_snippet.sent: The Islamic Republic of Iran forcibly regained control over the most rebellious sector of society through detentions, expulsions from universities, and expanding the powers of The Islamic Republic of Iran own young paramilitary forces following the rise of the 'people power' movement in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: The will of young people in Iran has also influenced Iran's changing relationship with the U.S, which has just come to preliminary nuclear agreement with The Islamic Republic of Iran.
article_snippet.sent: Taking a stand: Young activists have had a massive influence on the Islamic Republic of Iran's political agenda since 1997 .
article_snippet.sent: Westernised: The will of young people in Iran has also influenced Iran's changing relationship with the United States .
highlights_snippet.sent: The Westernised Iranian youth is also among the most politically active groups within the Islamic world .
  