When Power Loses Its Language: Iran’s Theocracy at a Dead End

Even state-affiliated newspapers now expose a widening gap between society and a regime incapable of describing—let alone solving—Iran’s deepening crises There comes a moment in the life cycle of authoritarian systems when repression is no longer sufficient—and rhetoric no longer credible. Iran’s exhausted doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, sustained for decades through religious fundamentalism and systematic […] The post When Power Loses Its Language: Iran’s Theocracy at a Dead End appeared first on Iran News Update.