re: #345 Dark_Falcon

Sadly, not likely in Iran. Too much of the rural populous still supports the regime. Any overthrow would require a military coup.

Agreed., Any any military involvement would require things to get ugly before they get better. It seemed to me that in the last go round, there were isolated incidents of military and police that were starting to question things. The Iranian regime’s response has apparently been to recruit to the security forces, large numbers of unemployed believer thugs from the countryside to come to the city and kick some reformer butt. It is actually a very dangerous situation there as I understand it, as these guys have limited if any training.