The Guardian view on resistance in Iran: the people v the regime | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : But these demonstrations have exposed more clearly than ever the contrast between a hardline, insular gerontocracy that runs Iran and the young people it rules over.
33% : Despite repression, the protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death have persisted and broadened It is now more than a month since the death of Mahsa Amini - following her detention by morality police for "improper hijab" - ignited outrage in Iran.
29% : The Trump administration's strangling of the nuclear deal entrenched hardliners in Iran and has had a devastating effect on ordinary people, particularly women, while the elites have prospered.
18% : It has helped push Tehran closer to Moscow and Beijing: Iran is now supplying armed drones to Russia for use in Ukraine, to terrible effect - a breach of the nuclear deal, say France and the UK - and apparently plans to ship more drones and missiles.

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