Protests unfolding across Iran in recent days have drawn attention to the country’s collapsing currency, runaway inflation, and deepening economic misery. The Iranian public is angry. But to frame the unrest as economic outrage misses the point. Today’s protests, though triggered by a worsening economy and widespread corruption, are fundamentally political. They are aimed not at reforming the system but at ending authoritarian rule altogether.
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