By Xavier Villar

Crisis management in Iran

TEHRAN - In recent weeks, the streets of several Iranian cities have witnessed a pattern that, to an external observer, feels eerily familiar. Episodes of protest, initially driven by economic grievances, have coincided with acts of targeted violence against civil infrastructure and state symbols. International coverage, alert to potential turning points, has relied on a predictable vocabulary: “unrest,” “repression,” “existential crisis,” drawing parallels, often superficial, with other global instability scenarios.