What Conclusions Can Be Drawn from the Shift Within Iran

question 14

Essay

What conclusions can be drawn from the shift within Iran from a totalitarian state to an autocratic state? What does that tell us about totalitarian governments? Autocratic governments? Are totalitarian governments simply harder to maintain in the modern era? Why or why not?

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