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The Islamic Republic of Iran has survived for almost five decades, despite war with neighboring Iraq being bombed by the United States, and Tehran's allies being attacked and undermined by Israel.

Descent among Iran's own people has flared up repeatedly and been put down with considerable violence by the regime.

But now this vast country of more than 90 million people faces a continuing economic crisis and yet another rebellion from its citizens, which has once more been put down with great

violence and loss of life. Could this be the beginning of the end for the Islamic Revolution?

Will Donald Trump or Israel attack the regime again? Or will the aging leadership in Tehran

do as it has done several times in the past to find ways to beat, kill, arrest, and intimidate

enough of its citizens to cling on to power? We'll get an expert view. I'm Gavin Esler and this is not a

draw. For an insight into the latest news from inside Iran, I'm joined by University of St. Andrews Professor Ali Ansari, one of the leading experts on the modern Iranian

state. Professor Ansari is founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies and the author

of the politics of nationalism in modern Iran. Ali, it's very good to talk to you again. I just wondered,

I mean, you follow events as closely as anyone can from a considerable distance. Where

are we now with the protests and do we know just how much damage the regime has done?

Thanks for having on again. Well, I mean, I have to say, I think the protests and the crackdown

that's followed has shocked a lot of people. I mean, certainly many people in the Iranian community,

both, you know,

in the diaspora and obviously in Iran, it's been probably one of the most brutal crackdowns

that anyone has ever seen. And I would suggest probably an exercise, an overkill, to use that

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