Guest post: Iran
I’ve been wanting to write something more substantial about the situation in Iran, the incredible bravery that the Iranian people are showing in their fight for freedom, and the horrific brutality of the Islamic Regime (reportedly thousands of protesters have been killed in days). Dictatorships don’t fall easily.
The people have no weapons, yet the state has many and are brutal with them. The people are punished for speaking; imprisoned, tortured, raped, and killed. Worse, many are fearful because of the harm that may come to their loved ones—family, children, parents, and friends.
The state also controls communication, internal and external. And when people can’t speak openly, they don’t know what each believes, let alone organize.
In this environment, it is rare for dictatorships to be overthrown. And certainly not without either sufficient support from other interested parties, or internal ones coming over to the people’s side.
But what does that support look …
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