Ardeshir Zarezadeh: Canada must support this rare opportunity for regime change in Iran

Canada must support this rare opportunity for regime change in Iran

When I joined Iran’s pro-democracy movement as a student in 1998, I was young, optimistic, and convinced the fall of the regime was close.

Ardeshir Zarezadeh: Canada must support this rare opportunity for regime change in Iran

When I joined Iran’s pro-democracy movement as a student in 1998, I was young, optimistic, and convinced the fall of the regime was not only inevitable, but close. In 1999, alongside other student activists, we built an independent student movement and organized what became the largest student uprising since the 1979 revolution. We believed history was moving in our direction.