Paris, France

A demonstrator with an Iranian flag and red hands painted on her face attends a rally in support of the Iranian protests in Paris following the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody in Iran. A shaken Iranian political elite is struggling with whether to frame the protests as primarily the product of a covert foreign intelligence conspiracy, or instead a dangerous warning that the values of the Islamic Revolution have lost sway over a new generation infected by a western controlled internet, analysts say

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