December 1, 2022
As a wave of unrest in Iran sparked by the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody continues to rock the nation two and a half months after it began, crackdowns by security forces on demonstrations have at times been met with armed resistance, threatening a new, even more violent phase in which the Islamic Republic would be fighting for its very survival.
Newsweek spoke with officials, experts and activists who acknowledged the potential for this new phase of instability persisting throughout Iran.
