There are increasing calls for regime change inside Iran

Perviz Khazia:
It is increasingly clear that Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran is effective and has damaged Iran's economy, particularly the energy, shipping, and financial sectors.  Oil exports have dropped from 2.5 million barrels per day in 2018 to only 100,000 BPD in 2019, causing foreign investment to dry up.  Iran is facing "unprecedented" pressure from international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani has said.  On the other hand, hope for possible new U.S.-Iran negotiations has failed, because Iran has not changed its malign behavior, ballistic missile development, and aid to regional terrorist allies Hamas, Hezb'allah, and the Houthis and violation of human rights at home continue.  The regime's reaction to the people's uprising has been to crack down further on dissent.  Civil liberties are being suppressed even further.  However, the strong people of Iran will not be silenced by this torturous and suppressive regime.  In fact, protesters in major cities are denouncing both factions of the regime.  They called for the downfall of the regime in its entirety, chanting, "Reformers, hardliners, the game is over."  The world has realized that Iranians do not want the ruling clerics.
Now more than ever, the people — especially women – increase and intensify their calls for regime change as the mullahs continue to use the most barbaric methods to beat them into submission.  The women are at the forefront of the battle against the regime and leading protests in Iran.
Sahar Khodayari, a young Iranian woman, snuck into Azadi Stadium, Tehran's main sporting venue.  Her dream was to watch a soccer match from a stadium in Iran, where women are barred from attending most sports events since just after the 1979 revolution, but she was arrested.
On September 2, she went to court to be told that she had been sentenced to six months in prison.  She had also asked Iranian regime authorities to return her mobile phone but was told that the judge was on vacation, and she would have to come later.
Khodayari set herself on fire in front of the court in protest against the unjust treatment and verdict.  On September 9, Khodayari died in hospital with burns on 90 percent of her body.  Khodayari's tragic demise drew worldwide condemnation from sports federations, sports clubs, and athletes.
The heart-wrenching death of Sahar Khodayari, a young woman who had self-immolated to protest against suppression and discrimination, underscores the imperative of confronting the religious tyranny ruling Iran and condemning its misogynous policies.
Sahar's tragic death is heartbreaking for all Iranians, especially women and young girls, and only strengthens their resolve to overthrow the ruling theocracy and establish freedom and equality in Iran.
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This regime is misogynist to its core.  It beats and imprisons women for not covering their hair.  It beats and imprisons women for defending those who refuse to cover their hair.  The requirement to cover the hair is based on the bazaar belief that women's hair emits "sex rays" that cause men to lose control of their libido.

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