 All right, finally, a quick Iran update, and this is just one small story, but I think that is reflective of what's going on. This was published by ISW, or understandingwar.org, that keeps track and has kept track of the protests in Iran and just generally about the Iranian regime and its connection so you can find us in understandingwar.org. I find their analysis really good and they also provide a lot of information you don't get from the mainstream media, both about the Ukraine war, they give you a lot of detailed information, but also about other hotspots, and in particular Iran has become a hotspot for them and they provide a lot of, during the protests they provide a lot of information they still do. They keep track of it very clearly. Anyway, you know, on April 18th, the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei was giving a speech at a Basij University to the students, and usually what happens when the Supreme Leader gives a speech like this at a university is that everybody in attendance is basically being screened by security to make sure that the speech is not disrupted and to make sure that everybody's going to cheer when they're supposed to cheer and support when they're supposed to support and they don't want to have any expressions of doubt or any questions or any opposition during a speech like this. So these are all students that were clearly vetted by security forces in advance. And yet, during the speech, the audience disrupted the Supreme Leader, and I think about this. These speeches are, there are cameras there, there are security forces there. Anybody who is disruptive is going to be identified, targeted, potentially arrested. It takes a lot of courage to stand up to the, not just the leader, but the supreme leader of Iran. But that's exactly what happened. Video footage that has been leaked from the event showed one of the students in the audience interrupting Khamenei's speech, interrupting them, shouting, regime officials do not listen to the people's voice, Khamenei dismisses the student, leading other audience members to reportedly protest Khamenei's dismissal. The audience members call on Khamenei to respond to the students' grievances specifically after which Khamenei ends the speech, walks away. Now this is just small, but it's showing, I think shows the courage of the students. It shows the courage of the opposition to Khamenei and to the Iranian regime. It shows that people are willing to stand up to them, even in circumstances that are very risky towards them. And that the students who stood up to Khamenei were students who were vetted, therefore on their face seemed like these would be students that support the regime and support Khamenei. So here are students rebelling against the regime. It's a beautiful thing to see. I think it's super inspirational and maybe hopefully one could hope bodes well for the future of Iran. But little things like this, there's also a lot of now talk, Ruhini, who is a former president of Iran has claimed, has argued that the Iranian regime should have a referendum over the Hajab. Khamenei has dismissed that. There's a massive debate going on within the leadership of Iran about whether to allow a referendum or not to allow a referendum. That is actually in the constitution because it was a referendum in 1979 that established the Islamic regime. Big mistake by the Iranian people, but it was a referendum. It was the majority of people wanted an Islamic regime. So they allow for a referendum in it. The question is for what? When? Who gets to decide? So maybe there's a little cracks in the regime itself. Maybe there's some people within the regime who would like to see some changes. Maybe this is the beginning of a slow process of deterioration, of conflict from within, which as I've said all along is going to have to happen, conflict from within where there are power centers within the Iranian regime that actually stand up and reject the current path of the supreme leader and the various regime elements. So that is where we are against a small event, nothing big, nothing super substantial. But just another example of I think the breakdown, slow breakdown of the Iranian authoritarians and the potential for positive change in Iran as we move forward. Thank you for listening or watching the Iran Book Show. If you'd like to support the show, we make it as easy as possible for you to trade with me. You get value from listening. You get value from watching. Show your appreciation. 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