Faxon says:

Yep. The cop car ran over the rioters. That’s the ugliness of civil unrest. I look at these cops in Iran, and wonder, what side are they really on? My guess is that they only are doing their job, and things get out of control. I know, this is not a popular opinion. I certainly am prepared for civil unrest in the United States, and I expect it will look just like Iran today.

Ah_Yea says:

It’s going to get a lot worse any moment now.

These police, the military, all who are a part of the current regime don’t want to face the consequences.

Of course, as they get more repressive…

frame_hate says:

Looks like the video was tampered with. Although the time counter in the upper left IS advancing at the correct rate, the footage looks like its going at double speed, for dramatic effect.

Also the cop might have just panicked and was just trying to get away. Remember Reginald Denny? Those situations can get very ugly fast.

Grandpa says:

That sort of thing will just fuel the fire. I look for the protesters to get very violent some time soon. The revolution has begun, and it started with a bogus election…

nyc2malibu says:

why do they never throw a molotov cocktail at these bastards driving police cars or motorcycles with batons.

they have enough oil! nothing like a roasting pig to get the civil war going! wake my brothers in iran, go insane you have nothing to lose.

TThor says:

I hope the west stays out of this, that the spiring revolution is allowed to develop within the Iranian society without any interference from opportunistic politics. In that way the change will be genuine and rooted solidly in Iranian society. Just like what happened in east Europe in 1989.
The US and UK is not very popular in Iran to state it mildly, ref. history – worth to read ‘Legacy of Ashes’ a feel ashamed.

pedro says:

#10 There’s gas shortage in Iran. True fact.

#12 And if not what, let them die? Amazing how people get all pumped up calling for intervention in say, Darfur. Yet yell “stay away” from helping the people protesting in Iran. I love double talk.

RTaylor says:

They have to have some part of the military with them to succeed. Remember this is footage from the cities, with better educated and enlightened people. The country side might not give a damn either way. Anyone here remember Kent State? That what happens when to put inexperienced bone heads in this type of situation. One idiot panics and shoots. A lot of macho bravado going on also. I also doubt that MI5 and the CIA has clean hands in this.

Reader1 says:

“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) — also known as the Pasdaran (Persian for “guards”) — was initially created by Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1978–1979 Islamic Revolution as an ideological guard for the nascent regime. Since then, it has evolved into an expansive socio-political-economic conglomerate whose influence extends into virtually every corner of Iranian political life and society. In the political sphere, many high-ranking officials are former Pasdaran. As a force in Iranian culture and society, the IRGC controls media outlets and conducts training and education programs that are designed not only to bolster loyalty to the regime and train citizens in homeland defense, but also to improve the IRGC’s own institutional credibility. And on the economic front, the IRGC controls a wide variety of commercial enterprises, including both government contracting and illicit smuggling and black-market enterprises. In this monograph, Wehrey et al. assess the IRGC less as a traditional military entity and more as a domestic actor, emphasizing its multidimensional nature and the variety of roles it plays in Iran’s political culture, economy, and society. “

Dallas says:

Not quite as bad as when National Guard troops gunned downed demonstrators at Kent State University in Ohio, but still Awful.

I hope critical mass of demonstrations take place in Iran for regime change.