will
an exposive moment in world
affairs with domestic and global implication
is expected to spark a power struggle
in a country that has been in termoil
over mounting calls for democratic reform
and women rights
a hardliner who was seen a possible successor
to supreme leader
way to address those demands
was to eaither executive or jail those activist
as for geopolitics was seen as having stepped up
the use of proxy militia in the region
for its ends recently plunged head long into
confrontation with firing thousands of drones
ineffectly in response to action
a new president is however is unlikely to soften
hard states
the chances of moderates toppling
its hardliner looks slim
tense over the war may even be tempted
to stiffen its resolve
and the 2022 knife attack
shows the extremists geneie
is hard to put back in the bottle