VOICES OF REASON GROW LOUDER IN IRAN

摘要

This week, many iranians will mark the 31st anniversary of the overthrow of the shah withstreet demonstrations against a regime seen by some as illegitimate. While the Revolutionary Guards have vowed to deal harshly with protesters, the unrest has grown so bad that fractures are now present within the security establishment itself, and some of the Islamic Republic's most ardent defenders are now pushing the regime to moderate its position. According to multiple high-level sources, some former senior Guards commanders who still maintain ties to the organization have begun quietly urging Supreme Leader Ayatol-lah Ali Khamenei to change his ways. The group includes several powerful sitting officials, such as the mayor of Tehran and the speaker of Parliament.