Why Iran's protests matter this time
- Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
University students attend a protest inside Tehran University as anti-riot Iranian police prevent them from joining other protesters.AP Photo
A series of urban uprisings in Iran that began on Dec. 28 in its second-largest city shocked the country’s Islamic regime, as well as much of the world.
Although the Mashhad protests were spearheaded by...