It was exactly forty-seven years ago, in January 1979, that Iran’s history took a revolutionary leap. The Iranian State had, however, demonstrated its resilience and huge capacities for employing coercive and repressive measures. This is in part because the decline in the economic situation has been precipitous. The Iranian revolution in January 1979 had appeared to herald a fundamental change in Asian and global geopolitics and fault lines. At this time, we can only speculate if the current events in Iran will be a step towards something as transformative.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 01:56 UTC