The commonly used phrase “Calm Before the Storm” describes current events for this past month of July. Although Wagner Head Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a revolt against the Russian Government, he abruptly called it off and calm was restored. Both sides claim he was exiled to Belarus. Still, it is hard to believe that the two adversaries are done with one another. For the last few months, calm has been mostly restored in the streets of Iran, after the surging protest movement of early 2023 largely died out. Could these protests be a prelude to an even bigger protest movement and possible revolution? If so, an even bigger storm is coming for the regime in Iran.