Iran Protests Turn Violent

It’s the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolutionary capture of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. But instead of the typical anti-American protests, the Iranian dissidents are clashing with regime forces. The Wall Street Journal:

The scale of the opposition protests — and the government crackdown — was unclear early

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Baby Shah Takes the Side of the Iranian Opposition

This is deep in the weeds of a political dynamic I can hardly say I fully understand, but how much sense does it make for the exiled son of the shah to give a speech at the National Press Club in support of the Iranian opposition? With Mir More…