Middle East
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Author: EA WorldView - Metghalchi
10 Oct 2011
Is Tehran Immune from the Arab Spring Â
Iran has so far remained relatively unaffected by the winds of change that have swept through the Middle East and North Africa. Yet this was not a foregone conclusion. Given the opposition s ability to build on a recent wave of mobilisation to revive the calls for protests triggered in 2009, why has it not taken advantage of the regional domino effect?