Iran’s war with the US is not its only conflict as internal crises mount
Government fears social discontent on ‘most important battlefield’ of economy and livelihoods as war takes its toll amid anti-state dissent Iran, in the midst of an escalating five-month war with the US, continues to stumble from one internal crisis to another – whether it is over public executions, the rising cost of living, the alleged bias of the state broadcaster or even the post-midnight destruction of pavements outside liberal-leaning Tehran cafes. Very little that happens in Iran , cultural or political, momentous or trivial, does so uncontested. But there is now a growing threat of a long diplomatic deadlock, forged by mutual distrust in which neither side believes the other will stick to any agreement. That impasse has occurred as the war broadens, drawing in Yemen, Iraq and now Egypt.
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Ultimately, it threatens the future of the nation.” Similarly a “we do not want war” statement signed by 268 political activists this month said they believed the overwhelming majority opposed war, and this should be tested in a public vote. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, rarely tires of warning that the conditions that led to the bloody protests in January remain.
