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What is unfolding in Iran today is not merely another chapter in a long story of unrest. It is a stress test for the global order, for the credibility of emerging powers, and for the moral grammar of international diplomacy at a moment when multipolarity is no longer theoretical but painfully real. Since late December 2025, Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests triggered by an economic freefall. The numbers alone are staggering. The rial collapsed to around 1.42 million to the US dollar. Inflation surged beyond 40 per cent. Basic commodities vanished from shelves. What began with strikes by shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar rapidly spread across all 31 provinces, morphing from economic anger into unmistakably political defiance. Chants […]
