we are seeing it flood out into the streets. arthel? arthel: thank you, benjamin. eric? eric: could these protests finally led to a tipping point to topple the dictatorship as the opposition is gaining strength? national security military analysis and president of iris independent research. doctor, we just heard protests in streets, chants of death to the dictator. how widespread do you believe this dissatisfaction and the anger by the iranian people against the ruling regime? eric, this was really the last straw raising the gasoline prices. iran subsidizes gasoline and to see them go up 50% and in some cases 300%, really the last straw. and it shows us how powerful the u.s. maximum pressure policy has been. i don t think rouhani wanted to do this, but he s had no choice in reacting to that maximum pressure policy. eric: so do you think this is a direct result of the trump administration policies, the