The regime ruling Iran has for years teetered on the edge of multiple crises: a crisis of legitimacy, nuclear crisis, economic collapse, international isolation, and growing social unrest. In such circumstances, a regime with no popular base—and now largely deprived of its tools of terrorism and regional warfare—resorts to two key methods for survival: nuclear … Continue reading Nuclear Secrecy and Brutal Repression: Two Sides of the Same Coin in Iran’s Struggle for Survival