The Threshold of Fear: Why 2026 Marks the End of the Islamic Republic
The 2026 uprising is also a reclamation of Iranian history. Protesters are increasingly invoking the memory of the 1906 Constitutional Revolution and the glory of ancient Persia, seeking to reconnect with a national identity that predates and transcends the last forty-seven years. They are telling the "tutors" that Iran is a 2,500-year-old civilization that will not be defined by a single failed decade of clerical rule.
