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As I argue in this essay, Turkic-, Kurdish-, Arabic-, and Baluchi-speaking regions have been largely absent—and where protests have occurred, monarchist slogans have not been chanted. The more monarchist slogans dominate, the more constrained a protest wave becomes. open.substack.com/pub/alikadiv...
Reflections on the Current Wave of Protests in Iran
Over the past five days, protests have broken out in multiple Iranian cities, with slogans targeting the Iranian regime as a whole.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
As I argue in this essay, Turkic-, Kurdish-, Arabic-, and Baluchi-speaking regions have been largely absent—and where protests have occurred, monarchist slogans have not been chanted. The more monarchist slogans dominate, the more constrained a protest wave becomes. open.substack.com/pub/alikadiv...