Iran SupportRegime change is not a slogan—it's a conclusion. When a government repeatedly demonstrates it will not reform, survives by coercion, and treats peaceful dissent as an existential threat, the debate shifts from "how do we pressure them to behave?" to: how does society reclaim the right to choose its future?
This is not based on a single protest or moment, but a multi-decade pattern of structural repression, failed reform, and mass violence.
If power can veto elections, disqualify candidates, and control courts, then "vote harder" is not a solution. A state designed to outlast popular pressure will reliably revert to repression.
Across 2009, 2017–18, 2019, 2021, 2022, and now 2025, peaceful mass dissent repeatedly meets lethal force and communication shutdowns. The regime survives through fear, not consent.
When accountability is absent, violence becomes rational. Each crackdown teaches security forces that the cost of killing is low and the cost of hesitation is high.
When peaceful protest is treated as war, the social contract is broken. A government that becomes the primary threat to citizens' lives has collapsed its legitimacy claim.
No society can flourish when political life is subordinated to coercion and censorship. The country's future cannot be hostage to a permanent security apparatus.
Democracies must support regime change through coordinated diplomatic, economic, technological, and humanitarian action. Change requires both internal resistance and external pressure.