For the past four decades, the Iranian regime has careened from one crisis to another, while simultaneously creating crises in the region as part of its interventionist foreign policy.
Its chronic mismanagement of the country and its misplaced priorities amount to self-sabotage, observers said, as evidenced by the level of public unrest it has caused.
In recent years, each new crisis has followed directly on the heels of the last, and the situation has now reached the point where the Iranian government is having to deal with several crises at once.
Thousands of Iranians have died from the government’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic. And the current economic crisis has left the country in shambles and its people in need.
The regime’s expansionist policies, spearheaded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, have led the country to the brink of bankruptcy.
This intervention has resulted in disastrous consequences across the region, as a result of the actions of the IRGC’s proxies in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria.
The Islamic Republic also faces major environmental challenges, with severe drought ravaging most parts of the country and devastating farmland.
The government’s destructive policies have sparked nationwide protests. Many observers say the resistance movement is getting bolder and that widespread violence against the regime is a real possibility.
Iranians desperately need sanctions to be lifted that will enable Iran’s oil to be sold and address the shortage in revenue. But for that to happen, observers warn, Iran must change its behavior on the regional and domestic fronts.
Source: Al-Mashareq
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