Public support for the latest protests in Iran is unusually high and widespread. Demonstrations are underway in cities large and small, neighbourhoods rich and poor.
The last four decades in Iran have been marked by internal tension due to its political system, which combines theocratic and republican elements.
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Reformers have tried to modernise Iran for decades but have failed mainly due to the country’s powerful theocracy. And then there are those who want to overthrow the regime altogether.
Demonstrators show their support for anti-government protests in Iran in front of the White House in January.
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The Iranian government reacted to a nationwide truck drivers’ strike with unprecedented restraint, apparently fearful a crackdown might provoke a Trump intervention.
An Islamic revolution ran the shah out of Iran in 1979. Now, his father’s mummified body has resurfaced.
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A mummy unearthed during construction in Iran may be the body of a former shah. For the Islamic regime, the discovery is an unwelcome reminder of Iran’s secular past. For protesters, it holds promise.
The ‘girl from Enghelab Street’, recorded holding her hijab aloft in protest in December 2017.
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Although the unrest that shocked Iran’s ruling elite appears to be over, there are several reasons to think this won’t be the last time disaffected citizens take to the streets.