The Courageous and the Showdown

At 4:00pm Saturday Tehran Time, which is 7:30am New York Time, there will likely be the largest protest rally yet against the corrupt fascist leadership of Iran. The government has turned on SMS messaging again, which may mean disinformation to try and squelch nationwide protests, and the Supreme Leader Khamenei used hardline rhetoric on Friday when he led mass prayers:



There will be blood. And the average citizen protesters, the courageous, know it:

“I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon before I go tomorrow! There are a few great movie scenes that I also have to see. I should drop by the library, too. It’s worth to read the poems of Forough and Shamloo again. All family pictures have to be reviewed, too. I have to call my friends as well to say goodbye. All I have are two bookshelves which I told my family who should receive them. I’m two units away from getting my bachelors degree but who cares about that. My mind is very chaotic. I wrote these random sentences for the next generation so they know we were not just emotional and under peer pressure. So they know that we did everything we could to create a better future for them. So they know that our ancestors surrendered to Arabs and Mongols but did not surrender to despotism. This note is dedicated to tomorrow’s children…”

Here's what's happening for two hours a night with participants chanting "allahu akbar" and one or two other key phrases, protesting in the dark:



Four potential endgame scenarios here. No telling if one of these will actually be the result, or what the cost in human suffering and repression might be.

In the meantime, photos: look courage in the face.