Are the demonstrations in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini more than protests? Are they a revolution?
Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that they're a revolution in the mindset of the Iranian people, not a revolution on the streets.
Though the protests have not reached a "critical mass," he says that a majority of Iranians now believe that the regime is incapable of real reform and want fundamental change.
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