There are signs the Islamic Regime is beginning to crack under the weight of protests that have spread across the nation and the diaspora abroad, but Iranians say the real challenge will be ensuring the revolution is not hijacked.
"If attempted resistance movements in other places are anything to go by, such as Myanmar since 2021 after a coup overthrew the government, there would be mass suppression — think nationwide enforced curfews and removal of any online access.
His fear is that the protests could fizzle out "if people get too intimidated by the executions, or if the Iranian military chooses to get more involved". "We need to think about how horrific defeat would be — just as if Putin manages to win in Ukraine — the level of violence and brutality that we see today is going to be nothing like what will come after it," she says.
Abbas Milani says the regime wants Iranian people to fear the government's violent crackdowns and give up protesting. Iran's leaders, he argues, are made up of "septuagenarian reactionary men, ruling over 21st century society, with ideology that is 1400 years old".
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