Iran’s Supreme Leader Unwittingly Admits the Real Threat to his Regime 01/11/2018 06:48 pm ET 910 In recent days, authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran  declared  an end to the uprising encompassing upwards of 130 towns and cities over the course of roughly two weeks. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had dispersed the most significant gatherings, despite ongoing reports of protests and civil disobedience suggesting that the popular sentiment has not been as easy to suppress as Tehran would have us believe. That sentiment began with outrage over economic hardships and wealth disparities between the regime and the people, then quickly  transformed  to explicit calls for the ouster of President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and for the wholesale dismantling of the system of clerical rule. Some onlookers were shocked by the much bolder slogans of this uprising, as compared with the 2009 Green Movemen...