Many in Iran had foreseen the outcome since 2018 when President Trump first sealed the fate of the reformists by pulling the US out of the nuclear deal.
Trump’s assassination of Qessim Soleimani follows a policy of international lawlessness that has been supported by all US parties and presidents since 9/11. Any European response must address this fundamental fact.
As the Pentagon rushes forces into the Mediterranean, Christian Zionists in the US will be pleased – but don’t forget how Iran swung an election in 1979.
The recent protests draw the final curtain on a story that began with the revolution of 1979 and its aspiration for a free, democratic, and prosperous Iran for all Iranians.
The recent round of spontaneous protests against the petrol price hike has to be contextualized as part of the “long-term revolutionary process” in Iran.
