Ivan Sascha Sheehan

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Unlike protests in 2009, the overwhelming majority of those engaged in the recent 142-city uprising in Iran were from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. The difference made an impact that wasn't lost, not even on Ayatollah Khomeini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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An Iran without the ayatollah is no longer unthinkable

Ivan Sascha Sheehan -

February 9, 2018 5:01 am

Each new protest represents an opportunity to leverage the people's resentment against the Iranian regime, the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism and a pervasive human rights abuser. (Mehdi Pedramkhoo/Mehr News Agency via AP)

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Trump should go further on Iran

Ivan Sascha Sheehan -

January 5, 2018 5:01 am