. . . "While the world focuses on Iran's nuclear ambitions, Iranians focus on the unmet aspirations of the two-thirds of the population that is younger than 30. Nearly three decades after a revolution that swept aside a monarchist system grounded in privilege, the typical Iranian has seen average
income shrink under a religious government that has cultivated an elite of its own atop a profoundly dysfunctional economy.
The 80 percent of the population working in the private sector struggles mightily to make a living in the 20 percent of the economy that is not
controlled by the government. The end product is a frustration edging into resentment that informs every private conversation with ordinary Iranians and
frames every public issue. . ."
Like the U.S.S.R., its time will come. Wait. . .
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