The Saudis have long covertly supported groups and agents among the Arab minority inside Iran, the Kurds have groups (like PJAK) and agents inside Iran, Iraq had long hosted the MEK, and Israel has long cultivated agents inside Iran.
Along with the assets of the CIA, quite a lot could be done inside Iran.
Yes. In 2009 I don’t think people knew how bad the Mullahs really are. They knew they stole the election, everybody understood that. Now, it is very clear how truly evil the Mullahs are.
I’ve been told they have hanged 10,000 people. Not sure what timespan that is over. Trials are not really trials. It is not like our jury system.
The rulers decide. Not jury of their peers.
A lot of the Tweets I sent back in the #IranElection phase in 2009 have vanished. So have most of those who sent them. Until recently it would still show if the account had ceased to be active, recently the entire post is gone. Before that I could read the sender’s screen name, but it was not highlighted in blue, indicating it was no longer an active account.
Every time I’d search that period of my timeline it made me very sad to see so many gone.