Originally Posted by
dead_pan
There's lots of misinformation (and a fair amount of wishful thinking) on social media. Dark powers at work....
It would be 'helpful' if the country did rise up and boot out the Ayatollah, but I'd caution about getting too exited about the future, given what happened in the region a decade or so ago.
Sadly, removing an extremist theocratic dictatorship with robust security forces tends to the impossible. but one can hope [however unlikely it would be]. A tragedy for a civilised people that will, sadly, grind on for ages to come.