Braced to crush unrest, Iran’s rulers heed lessons of Shah’s fall — analysts
DUBAI: Iran’s clerical rulers will likely contain the country’s eruption of unrest for now, and prospects of the imminent dawn of a new political order are slim if history is any guide, four analysts said.
The protests, which began over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini her arrest by morality police, have spiralled into a revolt against what protesters said was the increasing authoritarianism of its ruling Islamic clerics.
![Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 16, 1979. (AP Photo)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/10/06/3479191-1284129376.jpg)