How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
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Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.
Girls’ schools have been at the centre of protests which are shaking the Islamic Republic to its core.
Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
Iranian women have often used images of actions such as singing and dancing unveiled to show what freedom means to them and to protest the Islamic Republic’s gender oppression.
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Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Middle East Politics & International Relations at Keele University, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oregon
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Researcher, Department of War Studies, King's College London
