{"id":262183,"date":"2022-08-10T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T08:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=262183"},"modified":"2023-01-30T18:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:35:20","slug":"irans-regime-is-testing-western-permissiveness-its-time-for-a-firm-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-is-testing-western-permissiveness-its-time-for-a-firm-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Is Testing Western Permissiveness; It\u2019s Time for a Firm Response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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File photo: Free Iran gathering in Berlin 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In August 2021, Iran\u2019s regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei selected Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> as the next president of the Iranian regime. Even before Raisi was formally inaugurated, his influence became apparent in the form of a rising rate of executions and more aggressive crackdowns on domestic dissent. At the same time, the Iranian people\u2019s distaste for his appointment became apparent in the form of new outpourings of that dissent, which challenged Khamenei\u2019s mission of restoring order in the wake of multiple nationwide uprisings.<\/p>\n

Now, one year past that inauguration, it is clear that that mission is failing. Food subsidy cuts and preventable disasters sparked large-scale protests in May and June which continue to the present day, in defiance of all the regimes to intimidate the public with mass arrests and the constant operation of prison gallows. What\u2019s more, these and other recurring protests often feature the same anti-government slogans that defined the uprisings at the beginning of 2018 and in November 2019. Among them are calling for \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d in reference to Khamenei, and since his inauguration a year ago, \u201cdeath to Raisi\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s failure to fix Iran\u2019s economy<\/div><\/div>
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