London, Jan. 3 -- Burzine Waghmar, an Iran expert at the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS) at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), shared his insights on the widespread anti-government protests in Iran with ANI on Saturday.

He claimed that the grievance of Iranian citizens has nothing to do with US sanctions or the conflict with Israel, which might be a common belief. According to him, the protests are mainly due to domestic factors such as economic mismanagement, corruption, and structural inefficiencies. He said these cycles of demonstrations in the country are not a "new phenomenon" but have been ongoing for the past 2.5 decades.

Speaking with ANI, the expert said, "The basic grievance is economic mi...