Iran's clerical rulers are facing mounting international pressure over their crackdown on protests, with the European Union imposing additional sanctions on the Islamic republic and France's president characterizing the unrest as a revolution. The nationwide protests, ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody on September 16 after her arrest for "inappropriate attire," have turned into a legitimacy crisis for the clerical establishment that took power over four decades ago. "Something unprecedented is happening," France's Emmanuel Macron told France Inter radio on November 14. "The grandchildren of the revolution are carrying out a revolution and are devouring it." To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
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