the Shah

Analysis

Braced to crush unrest, Iran’s rulers heed lessons of Shah’s fall — analysts

Kasra Aarabi: ‘The one striking similarity the current protests have with 1979 is the mood on the streets, which is explicitly revolutionary ... They don’t want reform, they want regime change’
Alex Vatanka: ‘Today, the Bazaar has nothing to defend, as it no longer controls the economy which is now in the hands of the Guards’

By Reuters · 06 October 2022

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