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Originally Posted by eddly
What impact do you think the executions of protesters will have on the people in Iran who oppose AchMyDinnerJacket (definitely more appropriate)? Will it unite them and increase their numbers or will it scatter and silence them?
Where is Mousavi during all this? Has he disappeared since the election?
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The mass trials, the executions, the beatings, etc. are all totally public and transparent in Iran. Over the past few months, you could see the police beatings and arrests on the streets everyday. People are all aware of these things. It does crack down hard on people and send them hiding and underground.
Mousavi (who was actually Prime Minister of Iran in the 80s) has appeared infrequently, calling for peaceful demonstrations and for people to continue shouting "Allah Ackbar" from rooftops at night. This mirrors a practice from 1979 when they would do the same. It's a form of passive resistance. It's actually a protest chant against the current sitting government/religious cabal.
The probem is that Mousavi's supporters, his family, and even himself have come under the threat of arrest. Top Iranian officials have called for Mousavi's execution.
The only real glimmer of hope in the past months was Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri who was one of the figureheads of the 1979 revolution, a student of the original leader, and was almost supreme leader of Iran himself. He had the credentials and the guts to speak out against the government and other clerics and he couldn't be touched because of his history and respect people had for him. Unfortunately, he died recently.