How Trump is Changing Iran from the Inside

... demonstrations in Mashhad in December 2017 that proved to be the spark for the winter protests. The initiative quickly escalated out of control and turned into the largest... ... clashes with the police and dozens of deaths. It would seem that the forces which see Hassan Rouhani’s policies as posing a threat to their interests following the nuclear... ... take such decisive steps. These policies include the President’s attempts to fight corruption, take certain financial assets away from military and state organizations...