A comparative study of the roots of the formation of civil protests due to social-economic changes in Iran with Venezuela, Greece and Argentina

The existence of dissatisfaction and the emergence of civil protests due to social - economic changes in Iran are among the issues that have led to political instability and sometimes security unrests, especially during the implementation of liberal policies. Also, social-economic crises in countries such as Argentina, Venezuela, and Greece have emerged in recent decades, which have many similarities with each other in economic, political and other dimensions. In these countries, drastic neoliberal changes have led to the weakening of public livelihoods and, consequently, to protests and break of the political system. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to compare the formation of protests and political crises resulting from the implementation of neoliberal policies in Iran with Venezuela, Greece and Argentina. Therefore, the main question is "How did the neoliberal structural changes in the Iran's economy and society, in a comparative study with the situation of Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Greece, affect the formation of protests and political crises?". This research uses the documentary and qualitative study method of secondary analysis of existing data to collect data. And also, uses qualitative semi-structured interviews with experts to develop indicators for comparative study and theoretical saturation