nightgimp

I have read a very good article by Abbas Barzegar in the Guardian . I don’t usualy agree with him and he is often proved wrong but here I agree with him. Its a very depressing read. He basically says the chance of any kind of popular resistance forcing the regime's hand is very remote. The worst elements of the regime have the firm backing of the Sepah and the Sepah have gained such a position of strength that they are unassailable now with defections or desertions extremely unlikely and a huge military strength that has barely even been tested or even shown at all against these protests. According to him the most that will happen will be a nasty and bloody but contained civil conflict. People who say the regime will start to crumble under the weight of these protests underestimate its invulnerability and the huge amount of apathy, confusion and fear that predominates among the vast majority of the public. The 12th June elections marked a disastrous turning point for Iran. It mark...