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IRAN ON THE EVE OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION WHAT DO THE RECENT PROTESTS HIDE?
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IRAN ON THE EVE OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION WHAT DO THE RECENT PROTESTS HIDE?
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S0321-50750000495-0-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Elena V. Dunaeva 
Edition
Issue №6
Pages
10-17
Abstract
The article is devoted to the protests that swept Iran at the beginning of January 2018. The unrest on the periphery of the country was especially active. The expectation of some circles in the West that the protests would escalate into a popular uprising were not realized. The middle class did not support these unrests. In early days of the events Iranian officials linked these actions with foreign powers but there is little evidence that the protests were being driven from outside. Despite the fact that multiple spontaneous demonstrations did not grow out into a unified mass movement, the scope of events was unprecedented. The recent protests became the biggest challenge to the regime since 2009. They are the result of unfavorable economic policy of the administration of H.Rouhani. But the dissatisfaction with the deepening of the social divide and the lack of civil liberties are the real cause of the recent unrests. Protesters openly expressed their distrust of the authorities and especially of the clerics. The events showed that the regime is losing its appeal and serious changes in the socio-political sphere are required to preserve it. Nevertheless,the main political forces try to use the situation for their own purposes and offer various ways of improving the situation. Rouhani and his supporters see the opportunity to strengthen liberalization in the economic and political spheres. The hardliners are doing their best to consolidate their power. They have not abandoned the use of growing popular dissent to undermine the Government and Rouhani.
Keywords
Islamic Republic of Iran, protests, H.Rouhani, hardliners, challenge to the regime, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp
Date of publication
01.06.2018
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