Iranian Madness

It appears that the people of Iran are starting to have enough of the government and its continuous suppression of the largely peaceful protests that keep gathering a growing number of people in the streets of Tehran.

The institutions take these seriously, so much that they have now revived previous plans to relocate the capital (and spectacularly failing to say where it could be built).

Frankly, I’m surprised about the relentlessness of the Iranians in what appear to be hopeless demonstrations of desperate people to the outsider. But on an afterthought, I should not be. I know how they take things seriously, and how their rooted culture, traditions and ideals are stronger than any oppressive police force. They know that the Basij may disrupt a few gatherings, and injure or even kill a few people, but cannot stop the liberal wave that seems to have taken the hearts of the youngsters of Iran.

What will happen is anyone’s guess. But my bets on Ahmadinejad lasting until the end of his term aren’t too high at this moment.

PS: self-explanatory amateur videos from today’s events can be found here, here and here. Some pictures can be found here.

Foggy times for the Iranian institutions