Iran Protests – Why This Time Looks Different

By Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84216779

Every few years, Iran experiences anti-regime protests. Each time, American pundits and the Iranian diaspora predict the fall of the regime. Each time, protesters call for help from abroad. Each time, people die, and after several days or weeks the government regains control. Opponents of the regime are jailed or killed, and the country returns to lockdown.

This time, however, there appears to...