Yeah, I should have been clearer
I mean this regime... with a little nudge they might have fallen last year
I don’t think the society is walking away from Islam at all... but this president is only popular with the poorest and most militant supporters of the Theocracy
jmho
The underclass will always support Islam, because Islam is, at its heart, a welfare state.
Islam mandates collection of a wealth tax (zakat) on assets, investments, and cash on hand. This tax is distributed among the poor, those "striving in the path of Allah"(jihadis), the clerics, and the zakat-collectors.
If you are poor, Islam provides you with an income. Naturally, the underclass will fight hard to preserve the system. OTOH, if you have ambitions to become comfortably middle-class, zakat can be a heavy tax on your assets unless you work to shield your assets from being subject to zakat, so the educated Iranians are going to be less than enchanted with the practice.