Iranian Protesters - Analysis and Prediction
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MARGARET WARNER: And very briefly, Reza Aslan, because we’re almost out of time, what should we expect tomorrow? Do you think the big protest that Mousavi has actually called for will be huge?
REZA ASLAN: I think it may very likely be the biggest protest we’ve seen so far, because it does bring up this whole issue of mourning ceremonies, which are taken very seriously in Iran, and which, by the way, is taking a page out of the playbook of the 1979 revolution.
You come out into the streets to mourn those who were martyred in previous rallies, in the notion or the expectation that even more people will be martyred, which will then lead to greater protests and rallies, and that will just be a snowball effect.
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