(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Iran Desk - On Dec. 12, 2018, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that enemies are hoping to overthrow the Iranian regime in 2019. On Dec. 18, Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi told the Iranian Parliament that countries bordering Iran are working directly against the Iranian regime. One of the leading political activists against the regime is Prince Reza Pahlavi, 57, son of the late Shah of Iran, who is attracting unprecedented attention in the American press. Another leading critic of the regime is former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called on President Rouhani to resign. Mohsen Qhara'ati, a senior religious figure who has supported the regime for nearly 40 years, recently stated that the government needs to accept the fact that the nation has changed and no longer supports it.
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