Dissent in Iran is starting to look dangerous to the regime, which has no answers for the economic problems for which it is responsible. Businessmen and students alike are demanding fundamental change. Some people are even calling for the return of the Shah. Is this, at long last, the beginning of the end for the theocracy?
I don’t think so; it won’t happen until important elements of the regime lose their faith in its legitimacy and refuse to support repression. I don’t see any evidence of that yet. But the situation definitely bears watching.