Fuel to the fire: growing unrest in Iran

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 11 a.m.

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After petrol subsidies were slashed, protests of surprising ferocity have flared up across the country\\u2014and neither the government nor the demonstrators seem to be backing down. The illicit trade in rhinoceros horn threatens the animals\\u2019 survival, but scientists have come up with a convincing fake that could collapse the market. And the surprisingly subtle choices to balance meat-eating and environmentalism. 

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