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Trump's new 25% tariff for those doing business with the Islamic Republic comes as the United States weighs further action to intervene in the protests.
T HE LAST time Iran was convulsed by nationwide protests, in 2022, the Arab world was transfixed. The Islamic Republic had spent decades building a network of powerful allies that came to dominate the region. Many Arabs wondered if the prospect of regime change in Tehran offered a chance to throw off Iran’s yoke in their own countries.
Despite Iran's nationwide protests and years of external pressure, there are as yet no signs of fracture in the Islamic Republic's security elite that could bring an end to one of the world's most resilient governments.
Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in the United States, has long marketed himself as a future leader of Iran. His father’s repressive legacy casts a long shadow.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign ministry account is reportedly among those affected, as the Shia-majority country’s old national flag from the era of monarchy has made a comeback to social medi
Iranian hospitals reportedly overwhelmed as anti-government protests rage, with doctors treating gunshot wounds to heads and eyes amid nationwide unrest.
Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for the Iranian government, confirmed during a press conference that landline telephones and internet services for citizens had been cut, saying that “under security conditions, the matter is beyond the control of government ministries."
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The Islamic Republic Will Not Last
Although Iranians have demonstrated in huge numbers again and again—in 2009–2010, 2017–18, 2019–20, and 2022–23—the protest movement has repeatedly failed to produce a well-organized leadership that poses a clear alternative to the regime. If this time is going to be different, the opposition has to fix that problem.
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Protester replaces Islamic Republic flag with shah-era banner at Iran’s London embassy
British cops say 2 arrested for aggravated trespassing as hundreds rally in UK capital, call for a 'free Iran' The post Protester replaces Islamic Republic flag with shah-era banner at Iran’s London embassy appeared first on The Times of Israel.
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