Within the last few years they had such significant protests in response to a woman who died in police custody that they had to pardon 20k people imprisoned in relation to them and 80k people facing charges. Then they strengthened the laws around the cause for the arrest. That’s not what a functional country does when its people are unhappy.
If the only metric is money, sure. Iranian women aren’t exactly happy though
Even assuming that’s true*, that’s not the same as “destroying their country.”
*I’m not sure how much Iranian gender laws affect women’s daily life there.
Within the last few years they had such significant protests in response to a woman who died in police custody that they had to pardon 20k people imprisoned in relation to them and 80k people facing charges. Then they strengthened the laws around the cause for the arrest. That’s not what a functional country does when its people are unhappy.
Authoritarianism ≠ “destroying their country.” That’s exactly what an authoritarian state does when its people are unhappy.