THREAD. 15 years ago, I wrote an article in @JoDemocracy called "Chinese Dreams, Persian Realities." https://muse.jhu.edu/article/188315/pdf …. Almost none of the theocracy's economic mismanagement has changed since then. Only democratic change can stop deepening economic catastrophe in Iran. 1/
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Something profound is taking place in Iran now. The regime wanted to use Soleimani’s killing to mobilize nationalist sentiment to supplant the imagery of its brutal crackdown of the demonstrations in November. Instead it is the regime and IRGC that is the target of public wrath.
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Is this a Chernobyl moment?
10:45 AM - 13 Jan 2020
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