ANALYSIS: Was the Iranian uprising a sign of regression or progress? 1/23/2018 10:06:32 AM The 1979 Revolution and the similarities with the 2018 uprising F. Mahmoudi Al Arabiya, 23 January 2018  - The recent protests in Iran were triggered by issues like poverty and corruption, but they quickly transformed into an uprising against the totalitarian regime based on the doctrine of Velayat-e-Faqih. A dubious ploy was then used to divert the protestors’ attention from their main aim, as certain sections of the Persian media suggested that after four decades of the revolution, Iranians were reconsidering reverting to the overthrown monarchial rule of the Pahlavis. More protests may follow The wave of demonstrations that hit Iran recently shook the regime to its core. The impact of this quake clearly made the regime far weaker than it was before December 28, 2017. Little can be done to recompense the damage caused by 39 years of dictatorship, in t...