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Protests expose the shaky foundations of the Islamic Republic
Recent protests across Iran have brought the Islamic Republic once more into the international spotlight. JANE GREEN assesses the current situation
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THE rising tide of dissatisfaction among the people of Iran has burst its banks for the first time since 2009 on a large scale, resulting in a wave of demonstrations across the country against the theocratic dictatorship of the Islamic Republic.
The events of recent days, which have escalated from small-scale protests against food shortages and price rises, are rapidly becoming more generalised protests against the lack of freedom and democratic rights, which has been characteristic of the Islamic Republic for the past four decades.
The latest proclamation from the regime’s Revolutionary Guards, that protesters will feel the “iron fist” if demonstrations continue, is symptomatic of the regime’s inability to meet the needs of its people and it has characteristically resorted to use of brute force in order to maintain its grip on power.
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