The most divisive issue among the Iranian opposition groups and figures is the future form of government after the downfall of the Islamic Republic. Iranians are divided into two main camps: monarchists and republicans.[1] As to whether the political system should be a federal or a centralized government, the republicans are further divided into two main groups: centralists
Kurdish people in Iran assert that they will not allow another monarchist authoritarian regime to exercise its control over Kurdistan, as they say that
Most of the opposition figures and groups want a new democratic republic to replace the authoritarian Islamic Republic. However, it recently made the news that a Persian-led group nostalgic for Iranian monarchy is endorsing exiled Reza Pahlavi, son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, to "lead a transition" when the Islamic Republic falls. It was also reported that