Iranians Are Protesting. Reza Pahlavi Can’t Save Them.

For 12 days now, protests fuelled by a deepening economic crises have convulsed Iran. Demonstrators have filled the streets in Tehran, the capital, but also in smaller cities and towns far from the political and economic centers. The sites of protest include small cities such as Abadan and the Kurdish-majority Malekshahi in the southwestern Ilam province, where economic grievances, unemployment, and state neglect are stark.

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In eight provinces, at...