War as a Tool of Repression: How Tehran Exploits Conflict to Silence a Nation

From Khomeini’s war doctrine to today’s regional escalation, conflict has been used to suppress dissent and entrench authoritarian rule in Iran Wars, wherever they occur, tend to produce similar outcomes: they inflame nationalist sentiment, redirect public attention outward, and push domestic concerns to the margins. Economies become subordinated to conflict, daily life contracts, and […] The post War as a Tool of Repression: How Tehran Exploits Conflict to Silence a Nation appeared first on Iran News Update.