The latest round of unrest in Iran was triggered after officials admitted that the Revolutionary Guard mistakenly downed a Ukraine International Airlines jet, killing all 176 people aboard. In the wake of this unrest, what does Iran’s future look like?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced he will lead Friday prayers in Tehran — something he does only in times of crisis. Iran’s political elites, meanwhile, are bracing for a new round of United Nations sanctions over the unraveling 2015 nuclear deal. And the feared plainclothes Basij paramilitary soldiers on motorcycles are roaring through crowds at university protests as the nation braces for fresh upheaval.
The Jan. 8 downing of the jetliner came as Iranian officials fired ballistic missiles at two military bases used by U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for the drone strike ordered by President Trump that killed Iranian military strategist Gen. Qassem Suleimani. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to mourn Suleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force.
Tavakoli is a former student at Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology. He was arrested in 2009 and spent four years in jail on charges including “insulting the supreme leader” and “spreading propaganda against the regime.” He said of the current protests: “The language of the slogans [now] is to reject the political system and [demand] structural change.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced he will lead Friday prayers in Tehran — something he does only in times of crisis. Above, he leads the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tehran in July 2018. Supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi set fire to a barricade as they protest in Tehran. Police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied in defiance of Iran’s clerical government.
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