Iranian opposition

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The Iranian opposition consists of various political groups, movements and people who oppose and seek the overthrow of the government of the Islamic Republic and its system of theocratic clerical rule based on the doctrine of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist (Velayat-e Faqih). The opposition to Iran's theocratic government is ideologically diverse and includes republicans, monarchists, secularists, nationalists, liberals, and communists. In addition to secular and nationalist currents, Islamist groups and dissident Shia clerics have criticised aspects of the Islamic Republic and its political structure, though most are part of the Iranian reformists, certain Sunni Islamist and Kurdish Islamist movements have also opposed the state for religious or political reasons. Opposition activity occurs both inside Iran and among the Iranian diaspora. Within Iran, political opposition is highly repressed by the government, and many opposition organisations and figures operate abroad. Protests...

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