“For the first time in the history of Iran since the Islamic Revolution, there is this unique unity between the ethnicities. Everyone is chanting the same slogan. Their demand is the same.” Nearly every type of “peaceful, non-violent” protest has been used in homeland, says Hassani.In large street demonstrations, which have happened in all of homeland’s major cities and many small towns, women have burnt their hijabs, often dancing at the same time, while others have cut off their hair.