Amin Saikal

Amin Saikal is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic (Princeton University Press, 2019) and The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule (Princeton University Press, 2009).

Back to the brink in Iran

The protests that erupted across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini pose a major threat to the Islamic regime. After decades of repression and corruption, Khamenei will find it difficult to quell the current unrest with force alone.

10 October, 2022