The waves of Middle East unrest will certainly reach Iran. But it will not be so strong. Iran is the only country is hiding itself behind Islam, Richard Giragosian, Head of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In fact, Iranian authorities are trying to fill in their legitimacy gap, using this factor. The Egyptian and Tunisian scenarios do not threaten the Iranian leadership. The Egyptian and Tunisian armies supported the insurgents. As to Iran, it has no army proper, but revolutionary divisions defending the interests and security of authorities, the expert said. He pointed out that Iran has seen futile attempts of revolution after the presidential election. In short, the challenges facing Iran are essentially different from the ones facing the Middle East countries. So the Arab African scenario are unlikely to recur in Iran, Giragosian said.