It would be true folly to predict what will happen in Iran in the coming hours and days. The protests, which reached their fourth day on Sunday, quickly spread across provinces to become the largest since the huge pro-reform rallies of 2009’s green movement. Iranians chant ‘death to dictator’ in biggest unrest since crushing of protests in 2009 Read moreBut very little about this wave of protests is clear. The deep intra-elite fissures – reflecting differences of ideology, policy and personal interests in finance and power – contribute to this uncertainty. Will the unrest peter out, will he achieve a peaceful resolution – or will there be the kind of crackdown Mahmoud Ahmadinejad oversaw in 2009?

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 18:45 UTC