Backgrounder.NEOIranian Protests: Deep State’s Unfinished Business Tony Cartalucci One factor that I seldom see mentioned in the extensive commenting on Iran both in the mainstream and alternative media is that the protests are grounded in Iranian politics and the contention for power between the conservative hardliners and the liberal government now in power. The Rouhani government is labeled "reformist" as if that is a good thing. "Reformist" means neoliberal. There are two major factors in emerging nations, the haves and the have-nots. The haves favor liberalization and integration into the global economic order, while the have-nots, impoverished by neoliberal policies want none of it. Under the "hardline" government of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the have-nots
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Iranian Protests: Deep State’s Unfinished Business
The rationale under which this policy is sold is "spreading freedom and democracy." The real reason underlying the expansion of the neoliberal order as the "rules of the game" set by the US is all about the extension and solidification of the American Empire and the dominance of US interests, especially financial and commercial.