BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 03:35:00
Of storm in iran. well, the iranian regime doesn't think that. in fact, we've got senior officials saying that they believe that the number of hardcore protesters never rose beyond about 500,000. now, that's a very significant number but if we remember that iran's population is currently about 80 million, then it's not quite as great and hamidreza taraghi — an influential hardline supporter of the regime — he says, "let's face it — most of the protesters were simply "youths who were deceived through social media". that's the official position now. no, that's not true. the social, economi...