October 18, 2022
The Iranian People Are Ready to Seize Democracy
Back to Allby Farhad Rezaei, Senior Research Fellow
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Some have claimed that even if the regime is repudiated, the future will not look any better because the Iranian people cannot sustain a democracy.
The recent riots in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the Islamic Republic’s chastity police, have unleashed a torrent of speculations about the regime’s future.
Some observers have expressed hope that the widespread protests could result in a regime change. Others, pointing out the brutality of the theocracy and its successful history of suppressing previous unrest, are pessimistic. Some have claimed that even if the regime is repudiated, the future will not look any better because the Iranian people cannot sustain a democracy. The article “Iran’s Empty Uprising,” penned by Sohrab Ahmari, stands out in this context.
According to Ahmari, Iranians have a long history of…