01/03/2018: What’s behind Iran’s protests? Domestic challenges or foreign instigation?

1,066 views · Published 4 January 2018 · 25:52 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2018 · News & Politics

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As demonstrations erupt in Iran and capture global headlines, people around the world are turning their attention to the country’s largest demonstrations in almost a decade. Iranian authorities blamed the nation’s “enemies” such as the US and Israel for instigating the protests. What’s really driving the protests in Iran? What kind of ripple effects will the demonstrations in Iran have across the Middle East? In Tehran, Ghanbar Naderi, a correspondent with Press TV; in Tel Aviv, Meir Javedanfar, a Middle East analyst; and in the UK, Anoush Ehteshami, Director of the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, at Durham University joined The Point.

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