Published by Iran expert Raz Zimmt on Monday, the position paper gives one of the most thorough and updated analyses to date of the complex social mosaic making up Iran, specifically following the September 2022-spring 2023 protest movement.
Zimmt noted that officials and organizations in the US and Israel like to team up “with pro-Western and pro-Israeli secular organizations that strive for a revolution,” in Iran, which “ might appear intuitive and evident, yet it remains uncertain whether these groups possess the capacity to effect the desired transformation.
“The prospects of political change in Iran hinge significantly on the capability to construct an inclusive coalition that encompasses sectors with varying and even contradictory perspectives,” said the INSS paper.
Further, the paper said, “A notable weakness within the recent wave of protests was the absence of considerable social and economic population segments, including workers from major industries and the service sectors, who refrained from participating in the predominantly teenager and university student-led demonstrations. READ MORE
