Morning Update: What If Unrest in Iran Isn’t About Mullahs?

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1-6-26 morning update

Today, on the Morning Update, a slightly different take on why people in Iran are taking to the streets. Not so much liberty and human rights, or the oppressive theocracy, as economics and kitchen-table issues.

Ep 78 Links:

  • https://ronpaulinstitute.org/neocons-premature-celebration-over-protests-in-iran/
  • https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-protests-what-driving-unrest
  • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/29/protests-strikes-after-irans-economic-situation-rapidly-deteriorates
  • Wassup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7cyT-4L0Y4

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    The Morning Update is a short-form, five-minute-ish look at a current event, issue, topic, or person featuring GraniteGrok.com owner/editor Steve MacDonald—news and opinion, but not always taken too seriously.

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