{"id":46595,"date":"2026-02-09T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46595"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:10:49","slug":"why-irans-mullahs-are-running-out-of-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/why-irans-mullahs-are-running-out-of-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Iran’s Mullahs Are Running Out of Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why Iran\u2019s Mullahs Are Running Out of Options<\/strong>

Iran has been plagued by economic turmoil and popular unrest in recent years as international sanctions stiffened and citizens bucked against the regime\u2019s grip on civil life. The death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, after her arrest for wearing an improper hijab, spawned a countrywide protest movement. Instead of reforming, the clerical dictatorship responded by ratcheting up repression as the economy continued to crater. Last December, widescale protests again broke out. This time, the regime\u2019s crackdown spiraled into massacres that claimed the lives of thousands, including children.\u00a0

Following is a selection of the\u00a0Journal of Democracy<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Iran coverage \u2014 the January killings, the political lay of the land, and the Woman Life Freedom movement inspired by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death at the hand of a brutal regime.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Iran\u2019s Massacres Will Haunt the Regime<\/a>
Iran\u2019s hardline government responded to nationwide protests with horrific violence, killing thousands of Iranians in a matter of days. There is nothing the regime can offer its people to regain their support.
Ehsan Habibpour and Sharan Grewal<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Why Iran\u2019s Mullahs Are Running Out of Options Iran has been plagued by economic turmoil and popular unrest in recent years as international sanctions stiffened and citizens bucked against the regime\u2019s grip on civil life. The death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, after her arrest for wearing an improper… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46595"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46597,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46595\/revisions\/46597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}