I’m unable to take one twitter statement and extrapolate that all these people want the same. It seems to me that they have been asking for their vote to count (within the system). Personally, I put little to no credit in “twitter” reports. It can just as easily be propaganda.
Oust the mullahs. Oust Islam. Then you can have real change.
Oust the mullahs. Oust Islam. Then you can have real change.
The question is, how do demonstrations in the streets transform into an overthrow of an entire oppressive dictatorial system?
Right now, they can only achieve what the Theocracy is willing it give them.
It would take an outright revolt of the various security apparatuses, which may be very difficult. Just as Hitler had the SA to keep the people in line, and the SS to keep the SA and regular army in line, the Ayatollahs have a similar structure with the Revolutionary Guard, also bearing some similarities to Saddam’s Elite Republican Guard.
So while the regular police and army may sympathize with the revolutionaries, as had been the case in the successful peaceful revolutions that brought down communism, it is far more unlikely that the fiercely loyal Revolutionary Guard is going to turn on the Ayatollahs. If so, how can true revolution ousting the Theocracy be obtained? And are these protesters ready, willing, and able to do what is needed?