**** “...that many ordinary Iranians “stand against whatever the Islamic Republic favors, and support whatever the Islamic Republic opposes.” ***
Always remember, the Iranians got the very government their grandparents and parents rioted for back in 1978. Enjoy.
That 8s false. The 1978 revolution was anti monarchical and had a whole bunch of people and groups from socialists to Republicans etc. The supporters of the Ayatollahs were not the majority.
But after that, the Ayatollahs took over. This was a parallel to the march and October 1917 revolutions in the Tsardom of Muscowy