The current wave of protests in Iran was triggered by a sharp deterioration in economic conditions marked by a sudden collapse of the national currency.PHOTO: REUTERS

Iran’s leaders are facing a perfect storm of crises. Bloody crackdown could spell the end

by · The Straits Times

LONDON – With a near-total internet blackout and an equally tight blockade on mobile communications and border movements, it is hard to be accurate about what is happening inside Iran.

But estimates that the authorities have shot dead hundreds of anti-government demonstrators
and maimed thousands more seem credible.