On this Back Story experts say Iran's weeks of unrest mean the regime may be finished. There are rumours of Revolutionary Guard defections. The religious clerics can't cleat the streets and Iranians chant death to the Ayatollah.
Back Story's Dana Lewis talks to Ramesh Sepehrad.

And the pandemic didn't disappear.
Epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigal-Ding is critical of the CDC for being late to announce variants that are challenging vaccines.  He predicts a tough winter ahead as Covid 19 spreads again.