Violation of Iran's Territorial Integrity after Mashrooteh and Sociological Study of Acts of Resistance

Researching contemporary history of Iran, this article studies the cases of violation of territorial integrity between1906-1912. Moreover, it scientifically presents public acts of resistance. Resistance studies have a noteworthy background in political sociology and cultural studies. This leads to several eligible features of resistance as an action. Referring to these features, the authors argue that the debated public acts of resistance reveal several characteristics such as: they were eminent in forms of everyday life, they entailed creativity and being on time. They are against the status quo of the time. As an unstable period, it was defined in the shadow of political and territorial interferences and invasions of British, Russian and Atamans’ forces. These brought about a sense of humiliation for Iranians and stimulated them to prohibit foreign goods, forming protest, sending objection declaration, expression of sympathy with under attack residents. Also, they abandoned ceremony of Noroz.