The protests won't lead to regime change, Iran's foreign minister tells NPR
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says he is telling Western diplomats that the protests in his country will not destabilize Iran.
Protests erupted across dozens of cities in Iran in recent days, triggered by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody in mid-September. Tehran's morality police — who roam the streets enforcing dress codes in line with the government's view of Islam — detained Mahsa Amini earlier this month for allegedly violating dress rules. Her family has disputed this claim, but what is undisputed is that Amini died days after being taken into custody.
Her death struck a nerve, with protests spreading to dozens of Iranian cities and gaining world attention for women since the 1979 revolution that imposed Islamic law in the country.
