Iran: End of the line?

Iran's nuclear program and sanctions will be renegotiated in Geneva on Monday. But the chances of success are slim.

Iran: End of the line?

by GWYNNE DYER Six months ago, at the end of Iran’s presidential election, I finished an article by speculating that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in Iran may be a lot closer to its end than its beginning: “If you can plausibly say ‘This cannot go on forever,’ you are also saying ‘Someday this will come to an end.’” That observation was triggered by the fact that the ‘reformist’ presidential candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, unexpectedly wo…