Go beyond the headlines and learn more about the history and context of the ongoing protests in Iran from Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, vice provost and dean of College of Arts, Sciences and Education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The Iranian state is the only theocracy born through a revolution. Yet, over the last four decades, the legitimacy of this theocracy has been called into question by a wide range of internal and external actors. What accounts for the durability of the regime and the persistence of opposition to it?

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