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Hello, you're listening to The Explanation from the BBC World Service,
recorded on the 4th of February.
I'm John Simpson, and you're listening to Unspun World,
where we go behind the headlines to find out what's really going on.
This week, Iran is in deep trouble,
not just from American military pressure, but from its own citizens.
Possibly it is the biggest challenge that Iran's theocracy has faced
since that moment of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Will there be lasting peace in Ukraine?
It doesn't seem like it at the moment.