Ali Alfoneh

But the people who go to the streets, they truly mean what they are saying.

And the 5% opposing the regime, they do want to bring down the regime.

But unfortunately for them, the regime is better armed and is better organized.

The opposition, on the other hand, has no effective leadership, has no effective organization.

has no real funding and has no unifying vision for Iran after the collapse of the Islamic Republic.

I'm still not seeing Mr. Reza Pahlavi as an effective leader of the revolution, but I do see him as a symbolic figure.

And I also do believe that many Iranians, when looking at him, they think of an almost mythical era when there was no air pollution in Tehran.

The grocery was inexpensive.

And taxi drivers were really polite.

That nostalgia is something that endears Mr. Reza Pahlavi to many, many Iranians.

But is he an effective leader of the revolution?

I'm not entirely sure.

Perhaps he will emerge as a leader in the coming years.

Their logic is that now we are facing, the regime is facing, not just peaceful protesters, but also an armed opposition and possibly an ethnic armed insurgency.

Therefore, the regime can take liberties and engage in excessive response against the protests.

That is how they legitimize extreme use of force.

How this type of things, but how can a regime live with this kind of history?

That is, again, up to the leaders of the Islamic Republic.

And it is a tragedy unfolding in front of us, truly, truly.

I have only one word for it, tragedy.