Protests in Iran are intensifying due to the country's struggling economy, putting pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down the internet and telephone networks.

Five conditions determine whether revolutions succeed. For the first time since 1979, Iran meets nearly all of them.

Many Iranian opposition activists are hoping the current unrest could be the beginning of the end of the country's hardline Islamic regime.

For a third night in a row, nationwide antigovernment protests rocked Iran, according to witnesses and videos verified by The New York Times, posted on BBC Persian and social media, even as the government intensified its crackdown and the military said it would take to the streets in response to the unrest.

From Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to imprisoned activists, Iran's potential successors remain unclear. Opposition figures debate who could unify after regime change.

Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world.

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At least 538 people have been killed since demonstrations began two weeks ago, according to figures from the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.