The Iranian economy is corruptly centralized in the hands of political insiders and their cronies, who have stripped the assets out of the Iranian banking sector.
Their banks are now a house of cards. A currency collapse, and/or re-imposition of sanctions in the wake of a US pullout from the nuclear deal (JCPOA), could well bring down their banks, and bring the the population back out into the streets with a vengeance.
Although the Revolutionary Guards (Pasdaran) and their hired/imported thugs (Basij) will attack the citizenry, the regular military probably will not. There are not enough Guards and Basiji to contain a widespread revolt, and many are tied up in Syria.
I think that Iran is starting to get a full court press. Regime members and cronies should start seriously looking to get their families and assets abroad.
Ping.
Could we imagine Iran regime collapsing within the Trump era?