Iranian government’s time of reckoning may be near
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A government earns its legitimacy from the people it governs. This basic principle applies equally to free democracies like ours and to authoritarian regimes like Iran’s. Sooner or later, people will stand up to abuses. For Iran’s rulers – who have...