Iran’s mullahs are right to be rattled about what is unfolding on the streets of Tehran

On the streets of Tehran the real story from inside the Islamic Republic is being written. And Iran’s Mullahs are worried. The people are rioting, as they have for the last year. And as commentators struggle to project their own views onto Iranians, Iranians themselves are finally making their voices heard.

Events following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani has shown us the ability of some Western commentators to make any drama in the region about themselves. As each stage of the crisis has developed, they have assured us of impending consequences that suit their own agendas rather than any reality on the ground.

We were told that Soleimani’s killing would bring war to the region, as if Soleimani had not already been inflicting war on the Syrian people.

We were told his death would bring reprisals; it did. Iran attacked an Iraqi base, inflicting no casualties. But Syrians over the past few years have suffered in their hundreds of thousands in Iranian revenge attacks.