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‘An Explosion Long in the Making’ • EQUATOR

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A conversation about ‘the most intense protests’ since 1979, the prospect of American intervention, the surreal resurgence of Reza Pahlavi – and the future of Iranian society

‘An Explosion Long in the Making’ • EQUATOR Skip to content Equator: Much of the media coverage of the protests has focused on their superlative nature – the ‘most momentous,’ the ‘most widespread’. In your mind, how do these protests differ from previous eruptions in the last half century of Iranian political life? What should we be paying attention to? Arang Keshavarzian: These are the most intense protests we’ve seen in post-revolutionary Iran. They include major cities like Tehran and Mashhad, small towns across the country, and peri-urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of large cities. Th

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