International Community Community if not with the United States specifically. In shia islam the main leader of the shias that bush is the first mom i only have two sons and hussein has son chose the path of peace and negotiations and hussein shows the path of confrontation on martyrdom so these two schools of thought provide different justifications for different policies and some of republic and the Supreme Leader it was the idea of. A mom her sons peace and reconciliation in the frame that was honorable an honorable peace of one. He called it heroic flexibility which allowed the system to make the compromise that was pretty painful with the great satan. New islamic order was set against the west and in particular against the influence of the United States. This new regime had not forgotten the twenty six years earlier in One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Three the cia had organized a coup detat there will be no question of history repeating itself. Dont forget that back on then Prime M
But the Supreme Leader refused to give in to the demonstrators he up held up Medina Jansa Point went and put down the protests with extraordinary brutality. My. Colleague from on a probably saved the regime that year but what price in knew he would need to give some leeway if his hold on power were to be preserved. I think this sort of awareness that iran had been through its own brush with potential Regime Instability in Two Thousand And Nine with the most serious protests that had taken place since the one Nine Hundred Seventy nine revolution cast a very long shadow and it was clear that. There was a consensus decision to move away from the kind of provocations that characterize
the period and move toward a new rapprochement at least with the broader International Community community if not with the United States specifically. In shia islam the main leader of the shias that bush is the first. To science. Her son and her same. Chose the path of peace and negotiations and hussein shows
surrounding succession and how it plays out within iran will be enormously consequential for the future of iran and stability of the islamic republic and for the capacity of iran to continue casting such a wide influence across the region we simply don t know how succession will play out. but often in iran the most powerful institution at the time of the transition will determine what comes next and the most powerful institution at the moment is the revolutionary guards in iran with the. economic power and influence. the revolutionary guard is particularly keen to prevent another protagonist wielding influence in the internal political debates of the country this other protectionist being the rainy and people. at the end of december two thousand and seventeen tens of thousands of them took to the streets in eighty towns and cities across the country.
and influence. the revolutionary guard is particularly keen to prevent another protagonist wielding influence in the internal political debates of the country this other protagonist being the iranian people. at the end of december two thousand and seventeen tens of thousands of them took to the streets in eighty towns and cities across the country. despite the repression leaving twenty five people killed and three thousand seven hundred arrested they denounce the deterioration in their standard of living widespread cronyism and corruption amongst the leadership with cries of down with hezbollah and not carter not lebanon my soul is for iran.
people in that office and his own plans and desires for succession decision are surrounding succession and how it plays out within iran will be in rural consequential. for the future of iran and stability of the islamic republic and for the capacity of iran to continue casting such a wide influence across the region we simply don t know how succession will play out but often in iran the most powerful institution at the time of the transition will determine what comes next and the most powerful institution at the moment is the revolutionary guards in iran with the. economic power and influence. the revolutionary guard is particularly keen to prevent another protagonist wielding influence in the internal political debates of the country this other protectionist being the iranian people.