This IS reminding me of past efforts by Iraninas to overthrown their countries religious government….
(Those efforts where brutally quashed)
Western sanctions….
Trouble with it’s support of proxies that Israel , US and other countries have attacked and watered down….
Russia preoccupierd with Ukraine…
And along with these things?
A Economy that IS SERIOUSLY HURTING….
The above has people in the streets…..
We’ll see where this goes…..
Ofcourse Middle Eastern Countries, Israel and America WOULD LOVE regime change to one more agreeable to NOT being the regions troublemaker….
At least one person has been killed in Iran in clashes between protesters and the security forces, Iran’s state-run media and activist groups said on Thursday, as the government sought to quell demonstrations fueled by financial woes.
The government identified a man killed in a protest late Wednesday as a 21-year-old member of a militia that works alongside the security forces. A rights group countered that, saying that he had been among the protesters.
Semiofficial news outlets and a rights group described violence and other deaths during a protest in the western city of Lordegan on Thursday, but it was not possible to immediately verify those claims. On Wednesday, protesters threw objects at a government building complex in Fasa, in south-central Iran, and then shook its gates until they opened.
President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday said the Iranian government urgently needed to address people’s concerns….
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Protests have broken out across the Iranian capital, Tehran, and other cities this week as high inflation and a currency collapse have roiled the economy and impoverished many Iranians. On Thursday, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on Telegram that Iranian authorities arrested 30 individuals for “disrupting public order” in the Malard county, west of Tehran.
The protests are now into their fifth day. While the early protesters were mostly merchants and university students in major Iranian cities, more recent demonstrations have been held in smaller cities in the country’s west…..
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Iran’s government has responded violently to waves of protests in recent years, arresting and even killing demonstrators. This time, government leaders have called for dialogue with protest leaders and others.
Much of the country was shut down on Wednesday. The government attributed the closure to cold weather. Some analysts suggested it also sought to prevent protests….
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Iran’s economy has struggled because of strict Western sanctions and a 12-day war last year during which Israel and the United States bombed its nuclear facilities….
image…LA Times
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