EA on Monocle Radio: Assessing Iran’s Strikes and Protests

Posted by Scott Lucas | Dec 31, 2025 | 0

Traders and shopkeepers protest on Jomhouri Street, Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025

Strikes Spread in Tehran Over Iran’s Economic Problems

I joined Monocle Radio’s The Globalist on Wednesday to assess the spread of Iran’s strikes and protests over serious economic problems.

Listen from 2:03:

Host Emma Nelson and I examine how rising inflation and a collapsing currency spurred the most extensive show of discontent since the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests.

How far could this go? Could this bring the long-overdue reforms for political and legal rights in Iran? Could it even mean the end of the Islamic Republic and its 86-year-old Supreme Leader?

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

EA on Monocle Radio: Assessing Iran’s Strikes and Protests

Traders and shopkeepers protest on Jomhouri Street, Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025

I joined Monocle Radio’s The Globalist on Wednesday to assess the spread of Iran’s strikes and protests over serious economic problems.

About The Author

Scott Lucas

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