{"id":98919,"date":"2025-12-31T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=98919"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:56:14","slug":"is-iran-on-the-brink-of-collapse-or-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/is-iran-on-the-brink-of-collapse-or-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Iran on the brink of collapse or war?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n2018 Iranian protests via Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n

COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

Deutsche Welle<\/em> reported the following:<\/p>\n

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Iran on the brink? Key information about the protests<\/h2>\n

31 December 2025<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have\u00a0protested in Iran<\/a>\u00a0in recent days against the dramatic devaluation of the currency, amid an economic crisis that has engulfed the country.<\/p>\n

What began as a strike by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants on Sunday has become an outcry of political anger, with some even chanting “Death to the dictator!” The spontaneous protests have already spread from Tehran to other cities, such as Isfahan and Mashhad. …<\/p>\n

the monthly wages of an average Iranian in full-time work are now only worth slightly more than $100 (\u20ac85).<\/p>\n

Basic food supplies\u00a0can easily consume an entire monthly income. In a heavily import-dependent country like Iran<\/a>, … this has had immediate, destabilizing social consequences.<\/p>\n

Gissou Nia, a human rights lawyer and Iran expert from the Atlantic Council think tank, sees the economic crash as the catalyst for the protests, but not as its core issue. “As with the protests since December 2017, there’s often an economic catalyst,” she told DW. “But if we listen to the slogans, and the extent of the protests, it’s about profound dissatisfaction with the Iranian regime and the desire for that regime to disappear.”<\/p>\n

It appears many Iranians no longer see the country’s economic collapse as a crisis that can be rectified, but as a systemic failure of the regime of aged revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. …<\/p>\n

Iranian\u00a0President\u00a0Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>\u00a0has little political leeway for making concessions to the demonstrators. In a moment of unusual openness, he recently admitted, “If the problems aren’t solved, we cannot govern.” Some argue that this is tantamount to a declaration of political bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

The government’s draft budget for 2026 envisages tax rises of 62%, with inflation at 50%, which many on the street see as straightforward robbery. https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/iran-on-the-brink-key-information-about-the-protests\/a-75346485<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Civil unrest is not the answer for Iran, the\u00a0Kingdom of God<\/a> is.<\/p>\n

But that is not the focus of the protesters nor the government there.<\/p>\n

Protests and civil unrest in Iran are not unexpected.<\/p>\n

Back in March 2012, I posted the following here:<\/p>\n

I have tended to feel that Iran will be somehow neutralized by either a regional war and\/or internal political unrest. (Thiel B. Obama says, \u2018I don\u2019t bluff\u2019 and hints of attacking Iran<\/a>. COGwriter.com, March 2, 2012)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The situation in Iran will change.<\/p>\n

Notice also the following:<\/p>\n

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Netanyahu raised possible “round 2” strikes on Iran with Trump<\/h2>\n

December 31, 2025<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> discussed the possibility of attacking Iran again in 2026 during his meeting<\/a> with President Trump<\/a> on Monday, according to a U.S. official and two additional U.S. sources familiar with the details of the meeting.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/strong> Another war with Iran could further destabilize a region that’s seeking stability after two years of crises. …<\/p>\n

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in response to the threats from Trump and Netanyahu that Iran would give a “harsh” response to any acts of aggression.<\/span> …<\/p>\n

Some U.S. and Israeli officials think the likeliest spark for an Israel-Iran war in the near-term is miscalculation \u2014 with one side trying to preempt a suspected attack by the other.<\/p>\n