The Islamic Republic’s deadlock has as soon as extra exploded within the streets. The triggering occasion was the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s morality police final month. However the stress—the rot within the Islamic system miserable the nation—lies a lot deeper. For the clerical regime, it’s an insoluble predicament.
Among the many casualties of this rebellion will be the White Home’s determined quest to revive Barack Obama’s nuclear deal. Even earlier than the streets erupted, Iran’s supreme chief, Ali Khamenei, wasn’t biting on the new settlement proffered in Vienna this summer time. When beset by regime-shaking home discontent, Iran’s theocracy tends to scorn diplomatic mediation. Repression at house produces truculence overseas.
