Will Tehran Choose the Tiananmen Solution? -Amir Taheri
On Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Khomeinist seizure of power, two rival marches will be held to mark the anniversary and we will learn how much blood the regime is willing to spill on Iran's streets. The more radical elements within the Revolutionary Guard have publicly argued for a "Chinese solution" - a bloodbath modeled on the Tiananmen massacre of students in Beijing in 1989.
Yet during the past few weeks, more than a dozen top ayatollahs, including some close to the regime, have publicly broken with it, warning against any bloody repression.
(Times-UK)
[Picture above is probably a Photoshop creation, but its existence is newsworthy]
UPDATE:
Iran's Revolution Devoured by Its Own Children - Saba Farzan
The Islamic Republic is now preparing for a hard crackdown on Thursday's expected anti-government protests. Dictators in panic always resort to violence. But so far the regime's brutality has not silenced these brave Iranian protesters. Despite the beatings and killings, they have not given up on their goal to end this tyranny.
History is on their side, as no tyranny lasts forever.
(Wall Street Journal)
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[Picture above is probably a Photoshop creation, but its existence is newsworthy]
UPDATE:
Iran's Revolution Devoured by Its Own Children - Saba Farzan
The Islamic Republic is now preparing for a hard crackdown on Thursday's expected anti-government protests. Dictators in panic always resort to violence. But so far the regime's brutality has not silenced these brave Iranian protesters. Despite the beatings and killings, they have not given up on their goal to end this tyranny.
History is on their side, as no tyranny lasts forever.
(Wall Street Journal)
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