Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies & International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. Professor Lucas notes a significant shift in the Iranian regime’s stance, saying it now claims the protests are being manipulated, or even orchestrated, by the US and Israel. Authorities are labelling the protesters as domestic terrorists.