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Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one ?
Here is a small excerpt from the article;
The protests that swept Iran between December 2017 and January 2018 showed that many Iranians don’t consider the reformists capable of bringing about meaningful change. Protestors expressed their anger over increasing economic hardship, as well as Iran’s support and funding for foreign conflicts, namely the civil wars in Yemen and Syria. They also chanted slogans calling for an end to the rule of clerics.
Rampant corruption, the failure of Rouhani to fulfil his promises — such as boosting the economy, extending individual and political freedoms, ensuring equality for women and men, and easing access to the internet — and the return of sanctions have combined to shatter hope of reform. This has been expressed in global protests by the Iranian diaspora calling for a change to the government.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-02-14/forty-years-iranian-revolution-could-country-be-risk-another-one
Here is a small excerpt from the article;
The protests that swept Iran between December 2017 and January 2018 showed that many Iranians don’t consider the reformists capable of bringing about meaningful change. Protestors expressed their anger over increasing economic hardship, as well as Iran’s support and funding for foreign conflicts, namely the civil wars in Yemen and Syria. They also chanted slogans calling for an end to the rule of clerics.
Rampant corruption, the failure of Rouhani to fulfil his promises — such as boosting the economy, extending individual and political freedoms, ensuring equality for women and men, and easing access to the internet — and the return of sanctions have combined to shatter hope of reform. This has been expressed in global protests by the Iranian diaspora calling for a change to the government.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-02-14/forty-years-iranian-revolution-could-country-be-risk-another-one
