‘The Only Way Out…Is Killing’
Islam
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images There have been major uprisings in Iran before, most notably in 2009, 2019-20, and 2022. But the scale of the protests that have engulfed the country in recent weeks, and the brutal killings Iran’s security forces have perpetrated in response — which likely number in the thousands — are unprecedented in the 47-year history of the Islamic Republic. Critics of the regime have been predicting its downfall ever since the 1979 revolution that
din zilele anterioare