ANALYSIS: How to pursue talks with Iran while isolation haunts the regime 1/29/2018 7:09:37 PM A womens rights activist hangs from a bridge, staging a protest against Irans President Rouhani visit to Paris By: Heshmat Alavi, Al Arabiya, 29 January 2018  - What we have all come to understand is the fact that protests across Iran came as a major shock for the ruling regime and the international community. While the first wave of protests may have been quelled, Iran's regime fully understands there is an intense fire burning in this powder keg society. Making matters even worse, and a subject Tehran refuses to discuss, is the parallel expansion of international isolation currently haunting this regime. The Obama years are gone and the United States, Europe and the Arab World are adopting increasingly stronger positions against Iran's belligerent policies. Iranian protesters are following these developments closely, knowing the stronger the internati...