(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall - Since Dec. 28, 2017, thousands of Iranians have been demonstrating across the country against the Islamic regime in the most widespread demonstrations in Iran since 2009. Although it is not clear at this point who is behind the demonstrations, the fact that they have "spontaneously" erupted at a number of locations suggests a guiding hand that has organized them. Even if the Iranian regime succeeds in suppressing the current wave of protest, the next wave is already in the making. The Iranian people yearn for an improvement of their living conditions, and the current Iranian regime cannot meet their demands with its adventurous foreign policy and export of the revolution. At the same time, the Revolutionary Guards will not give up any power without a violent struggle to preserve their share. The writer is a senior Iran affairs analyst at the Jerusalem Center.
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