The move appeared to be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was being held by the morality police for supposedly violating Islamic dress rules.
Good insight. Iran has piss poor foreign intelligence services since the sanctions hit. They used to be able to operate freely in much of the West, but their operations have been largely shut down. These are the services a country needs to detect deep infiltration, and Iran is pretty much blind right now. I suspect that not only Western governments but every regional government is receiving offers from high level Iranian officials at this very moment. Iran is falling, and anyone with power or knowledge that is valuable to intelligence agencies is weighing their options. Life for their family in another country or stay while the house of cards falls down.
The CIA went whole hog for the neoliberal institutionalists in Iran ignoring the Greens and other more pragmatic politicians who many Iranians actually supported. The politicians who were preaching a return to the Iranian Nuclear Deal and opening up those sweet, sweet natural resources are all out of power now, the CIA's decade+ long operation failed.
The CIA could give af about human rights, and they always want the business friendly folks in charge, and about half of the time they win. I fully expect another CIA coup in Iran after the people take back power if they dare do something like nationalizing their natural resources. Which is the main reason the US cares about Iran at all.
Good insight. Iran has piss poor foreign intelligence services since the sanctions hit. They used to be able to operate freely in much of the West, but their operations have been largely shut down. These are the services a country needs to detect deep infiltration, and Iran is pretty much blind right now. I suspect that not only Western governments but every regional government is receiving offers from high level Iranian officials at this very moment. Iran is falling, and anyone with power or knowledge that is valuable to intelligence agencies is weighing their options. Life for their family in another country or stay while the house of cards falls down.
The CIA went whole hog for the neoliberal institutionalists in Iran ignoring the Greens and other more pragmatic politicians who many Iranians actually supported. The politicians who were preaching a return to the Iranian Nuclear Deal and opening up those sweet, sweet natural resources are all out of power now, the CIA's decade+ long operation failed.
The CIA could give af about human rights, and they always want the business friendly folks in charge, and about half of the time they win. I fully expect another CIA coup in Iran after the people take back power if they dare do something like nationalizing their natural resources. Which is the main reason the US cares about Iran at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Iran