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No call for reform: Amid nationwide protests, do Iranians envision new regime in free secular Iran?

Jan 8, 2026
As Iran's nationwide protests increase the pressure on Iran’s civilian government and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Ammar Maleki, Director/Founder of GAMAAN research foundation and Assistant Professor of Political science at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Dr. Maleki breaks down the current wave of protests in Iran into a broader sociopolitical and historical context. There is widespread public dissatisfaction linked to decades of brutal repression, multiple economic crises that have brought Iranian citizens to the financial brink, and a faltering regime that has been severely weakened regionally and on the global stage.
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