Footballers selfies with singers and fans despite warning by the government

Behzad Leito & Sardar Azmoon in Dubai
Due to this instability, the regime finds itself forced to choose between a more democratic political system that is focused on socio-economic development and a securitized theocratic state that is merely focused on the revolution’s survival. The Islamic Republic in its current form, as a hybrid between elective bodies and clerical rule, is becoming more and more difficult to sustain, and U.S. sanctions are pushing Iran toward the latter option. Further international isolation would likely create a more authoritarian political regime in Iran that is more repressive in its internal policies and more politically adventurous in its foreign policy.