About the Intensifying Protests shaking Iran and Pressuring on its theocracy

Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down the internet and telephone networks. Tehran is still reeling from the 12-day war launched by Israel in June that saw the United States bomb nuclear sites in Iran. Economic pressure, which has intensified since September when the United Nations reimposed sanctions on the country over its atomic program, has sent Iran’s rial currency into a free fall, now trading at over 1.4 million to $1.   Meanwhile, Iran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance” — a coalition of countries…