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Suzanne Maloney on the Protests in Iran

The Lawfare Podcast

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The Iranian Regime's Response to the 2019 Protests

CNN's John Defterios says the Iranian regime seems to be flat-footed and caught off guard. He asks why there hasn't been a more strenuous crackdown from security forces against protesters. There are two theories for why this might be, he says. One is that an overreaction might be more dangerous than an underreaction; another is they underestimated how significant this would become.

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