Iran's mullah-run regime is unpopular at home and abroad, except for small terrorist allies and their recent friend China. Oh, and there are Americans in the fan club, too.
How unpopular is Iran? This unpopular:
Meanwhile in Turkey a demonstration arranged by Iran to commemorate the death of Quds Force commander Soleimani a year ago was cut short, along with the video (via Zoom) feed that was being sent out live on Iranian media. Iran had organized the event with what it believed were pro-Iran Turks. The demonstrators showed up with pro-Iran signs and were given pro-Iran slogans to shout when directed to. The virtual demo began as planned but then most of the demonstrators dropped their pro-Iran signs to reveal anti-Iran messages and began chanting anti-Iran slogans. Iran never had a lot of fans in Turkey but had convinced themselves that they could collect enough pro-Iran Turks for a pro-Iran demonstration. This Zoom demo became more popular than the Iranians expected, but for all the wrong reasons. This was especially the case with Turks, who fondly remember that they have been defeating the Iranians for centuries.
Of course, terrorists and China aren't the only friends the mullah despots have.
Inexplicably there are huge fans from the Obama administration that would love to use Biden as their hand puppet to restore the glories of the Iran nuclear deal despite its obvious failure on its own terms of success.
Will these people stubbornly still call it Smart Diplomacy?
