The mullahs final stalemate despite Khamenei's denial
An expert on Iran’s affairs on the sidelines of a meeting on increasing protests in Iran and the impact of US sanctions at the Hudson Institute meeting held in Washington, DC on August 15, 2018, “Several high-ranking members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards may be separated from the military system,” he said, referring to some reports. We have recently witnessed store owners in Tehran’s shoe market go on strike for two days, despite authorities dispatching security units to prevent anyone from closing their shops. Prior to that, the textile market closed stores protesting skyrocketing prices and lack of raw material. Khamenei came to the scene on August 13 after long silence and spoke about various issues of the uprising, called the events of July and August, the free fall of the value of the national currency, the great corruption, and embezzlement that poured into the pocket of looters and corruptors for a short time, and He spoke of the pressure on the people a...