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Iran regime divided on how to tackle protests: analysts
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NICOSIA, 08 January 2023, (TON): Iran’s Islamic clerical regime is divided in its response to months of unprecedented protests, wavering between repression and what it views as conciliatory gestures trying to quell the discontent, analysts say.
Nader Hashemi said “the conflicting messages we are getting from the Iranian regime suggest an internal debate on how to deal with ongoing protests.”
“In most authoritarian regimes, there are hawks and doves” who disagree on how repressive the state should be during crises.
The granting of retrials to several death-row protesters, and the release from detention of prominent dissidents, are signs that some seek to take a softer approach.
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