The people of Iran yearn for change — survey says.
Polling released this week by a Netherlands-based independent research group found more than 80% of the 77,000 Iranians surveyed want the Ayatollah to go.
Respondents also overwhelming voiced a desire to see Tehran transition away from the Islamic Republic .
A lowly 11% of Iranians said they still support the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and the job Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s been doing running Tehran. 3
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The Ayatollah rose to power following the 1979 revolution, returning from exile to establish the Islamic Republic and rule Iran as its supreme leader.
The Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) conducted the survey in June 2024.
All of the respondents live within Iranian borders, accordin