Movement and non-movement in recent developments in West Asia

Over the last few years, there have been developments in the West Asian region that have more or less shared features in their nature. Although events of North Africa like developments of Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia have been called with the title of Revolution, Movement, and Arab Spring they do not seem to have the necessary characteristics to categorize them into a political and social movement. In other words, each of these developments led to dictatorship, civil war, and internal rivalries. On the other hand, there have been other developments in West Asia, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran, which their common reason has been to protest economic problems. In fact, because of the economic problems in these countries, we witnessed street protests in the major cities of these countries. Protests in these countries were sporadic, unintended, and in some cases with the specific program but without the leadership of any individual, group, or guiding thought. The present paper examines the extent to which recent developments in West Asia can be analyzed in terms of social and political movements.