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The Revolution that Wasn’t (Yet): Reflections on Iran’s protests two months out

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 / Simon Theobald / Leave a comment

I still remember vividly the words of an informant who, when asking him about his vision of a freer Iran, responded adamantly, “we don’t need more freedom, what we need is less corruption”. While such a view is not obviously universally transposable, I think it taps into a certain social current.

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