Could the end be approaching for the Islamic Republic of Iran? Unpopular at home, under attack by Israel and led by an 85-year-old supreme leader, the Iranian regime looks potentially vulnerable.

Anti-government demonstrations that began in 2022 were savagely repressed, with hundreds shot in the streets and thousands imprisoned. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is trying to reach out to the Iranian opposition. Even as he threatens to take military action against the country, he has predicted that freedom will come to Iran, “sooner than most people think”.

Financial Times