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What is happening in Iran? Here is everything you need to know | The Indian Express

What is happening in Iran? Here is everything you need to know | The Indian Express

What is happening in Iran? Here is everything you need to know

Although the unrest in Iran was triggered by grouses over the poor economic condition, it has quickly escalated to include political demands

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 1, 2018 5:35 pm
Iran protests
People protest in Tehran over rising fuel and food prices. (Source: Reuters)

Has the ghost of the 1979 Islamic Revolution come back to haunt the Iran of 2018? The reasons that had fueled the 1979 rebellion, resulting in the overthrow of the authoritarian ruler Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi by an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, are eerily similar to the ones that have led to the recent protests.

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