Is a Second Iranian Revolution on the Horizon?
WSJ Opinion: Free Expression
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The Protests in Iran and the Implications for Diplomacy in the Middle East
Royal Mark Gurekk: Are there any lessons from what we've seen in the rest of the Middle East over the last 10 or 15 years? He says Iran is more dissimilar than similar, having gone through both a modernizing secular dictatorship and an extreme Shia religious authoritarian power. The regime made a serious mistake when the Supreme Leader decided that democratic side of the Islamic Republic was too dangerous, he says.
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