Editorial: Why Iran’s Protests Are Different This Time

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In 1979, Iran experienced a revolution that led the country from monarchy to the Islamic Republic: instead of Shah Mohammad-Reza Pechlevi, the leader of the Shiite scholars (Ayatollah) of Ruhall Homeini, the protests in Iran that began at the end of 2025 were compared to the 1979 revolution, allowing history to reverse, and the Ayatollah regime to be replaced by the monarchy. There is indeed much in common between these two events, but there are…

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Analysts point to the extensive and cross-cutting nature of the demonstrations, stronger than those produced in 2022 following Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody Iran’s government harshly represses the growing citizen protests: “The streets are full of blood” The citizen protests continue in Iran after more than two weeks of mobilizations that the Iranian government has repressed with increasing virulence. Faced with the government’s silence,…