Protests in Iran are gaining momentum. So far, there is little chance that they will turn into a revolution, but they still demonstrate the weakness of the regime.
Sergey Danilov, deputy director of the Center for Middle East Studies, told Channel 24 about this. Earlier it was reported that protesters in Iran forced the police out of the streets, and women took off their hijabs.
These are not the first protests in recent times
Danilov noted that this is not the first time protests have taken place in Iran in recent years. In 2007 there were protests against electoral fraud. In 2017-2019, at least 1,500 people died during the protests. Entire regions were escaping government control and cities were on fire.
Another wave of protests that lack organization, structures, leaders. However, the regime has a fairly large and ramified apparatus of violence. Much will also depend on the army, how it will react to the situation if the protests spread, – said the deputy director of the Center for Middle East Studies.
He continued that the protests are a demonstration of the weakness of the regime, as well as the division and polarization of Iranian society. Now there are protests against the very principles of the regime.
“It would be if in the Soviet Union, in the 70s, they protested and burned portraits of Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev in Moscow,” Danilov emphasized.
< h2 class="news-subtitle cke-markup">The regime can act in different ways
The Deputy Director of the Center for Middle East Studies added that under such conditions the regime can act in different ways. For example, a weak regime can be dependent on its allies, of which it has few.
This can both correct its behavior towards more adequate ones, and push towards greater friendship with as inadequate as himself,” he summed up.
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