Basij
Persian courage
In most popular uprisings against tyranny, there is a time when security forces are faced with a decision whether or not to open fire on their fellow citizens. So much hinges on this moment. In Serbia, for example, they didn’t, and Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown.
“Those of us who had been raped spoke the least and cried the most.”
More on the abuse of jailed Iranian dissidents.