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• I certainly don’t think that Iranian popular discontent should be disregarded, but we’ve been hearing these sorts of arguments about the restive Iranian population for years, and while I have no reason to believe that they aren’t true, Khamenei and his allies have consistently proven expert at deflecting calls for reform and preserving their regime, the main levers of which remain firmly in Khamenei’s hands. Wonk Room » For More Tehran-ology
• He knew some members of the congregation, including the president, grew restive during his discourse, and would have preferred a more oratorical, hortative style, but he felt his type of sermon was more in keeping with his basic function of teacher, implicit in the word "rabbi. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
• Heavy shelling and bombardment rocked Somalias restive capital Mogadishu on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people Drag to Playlist WN.com - Business News
• The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
• Hamedan, 200 miles west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to a The Seattle Times
• It may also force the regime to withdraw forces from other restive towns and cities to bolster its defence of the capital. Times, Sunday Times
• Is it any wonder that the country grows restive and fractured as common sense seeps away from law enforcement?
• The ensign above him flapped restively in tune with the men under his inspection.
• Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, [restive] Robert Burns How To Know Him
• Here is an impoverished country with a restive population demanding improvements to their lives.