Raymond J. de Souza: Will Iran's wall fall, or will repression win out? |
There were two attempted uprisings in 1989 — a successful one in Poland and a failed one in China. Which one will Iran end up like?
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The eyes of the world are on Iran, wondering if 2026 might be the Persian equivalent of the Slavic 1989, when the nations of eastern Europe — first Poland and then its neighbours — threw off the Soviet empire and tore down the Berlin Wall.
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Perhaps. But maybe it will be the Persian version of China 1989, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) massacred its own people in Tiananmen Square, renewing its repressive regime for another 36 years and counting. At the moment Tehran is looking more like Tiananmen.
Both the liberating 1989 and the lethal 1989 had their roots in 1979 — the year that gave us the world of the past four-plus decades.
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