Rico Suave Lowry makes a very good point:

2) It may be that what we are witnessing here is a devilishly shrewd and effective crackdown, featuring a technological clampdown, targeted arrests at night, and brutality that falls shorts (for now) of an utter massacre. In the other words, the story may be how the regime pulled all the right levers to survive, despite its monstrous lies and inhumanity. The Iran experts I talk to and trust still think this result is likelier than not — although they all obviously hope they are wrong.

Right. Remember the Iranians have been consulting with the Chinese on this for years, not to mention putting a lot of thought into it. Perhaps a Tiananmen With Shi’ite Characteristics?

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.