Protests spread across several major cities in Iran

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Protests spread across several major cities in Iran

Persians heard chanting for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and the restoration of the Shah

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This could be another false dawn (like so many in Iran over the last decade) but I really hope not.

Iran, unlike many neighbouring Arab countries, is a great historical power and Persians have throughout history and until recently been really advanced people. It's a beautiful country I would love to visit one day, but visit to have fun while I am there rather than worrying about the religious zealots who rule it looking over my back.

Maybe the disaster of the 1979 Islamic Revolution can be overturned for 2018. Let's hope so. Interesting also to note how the the Shah (King/Emperor) is being invoked. A possible monarchy restoration in time?

Thoughts?

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An escalation of the crisis tonight as Iranian Police refuse to carry out orders with the elite Republican Revolutionary Guards being deployed in their place. Critical as of now for the regime as to how it decides to respond.

The internet, TV stations and phone lines have been shut down by the regime in parts of the country with reports the city of Kashan not too far from the capital Tehran is under control of protestors. Now seems to have spread all over.

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The clerics - could - be about to face their own 1979.


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And from the exiled Crown Prince of Iran (the would-be Shah)...

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The exiled Empress also...

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The feeling seems to be that the regime doesn't quite know how to respond, it knows from the 1979 revolution it led against the Shah the mistakes he made which lost him power. So it's a catch 22 - do they go for a crackdown and risk the protests spiralling out of control or do they let the protests run in which case they could grow to 1979 proportions (=end of the regime)?