[twigs]

My guess is that they want this over before July 9. That apparently is the date four years ago of the last uprising and the government has been concerned that people will turn out en masse to celebrate it.

[ewing]

The regieme is probably done and finsihed if the Labor Strike on July 9 goes through, the Mullahs know this and it looks like they are pulling a Tianemen Square maneuver here.