[Arkie2]

I don't think the Iranian people want to have anything to do with the Pahlavis. I hope the US gov. isn't hoping to reinstate him if the mullahs are overthrown.

[jazzyjen97]

That's what you 'think', let the Iranian people vote.

[DoctorZIn]

I have friends in Tehran and they want Reza to return. It appears he is one of the more popular figures in the mind of the Iranian public. They need to decide for themselves who their leaders are.

But my friends also told me yesterday that the Iranian hardliners are getting very agressive with the public. I am told that they have religous police (Arab not Persian) who are brutalizing people throughout the city.

She told me of a friend of hers who was beaten with a plastic whip just the other day. People are staying home and quite depressed.

This is exactly what the hardliners want, to keep the public scared and in their homes.

People are scared but they say they can't wait for July 9th for the demonstrations to start.

I hope they have the courage. It hard to imagine what it takes to take down a government.