Cunigulus [they/them]

The Islamic Republic doesn’t have the legitimacy to carry out such purges. Their regime is too interested in stability and supporting the interests of its own bourgeoisie and so they’ll be unable to defend themselves, even when such a course of action has widespread public support. They don’t care enough about the Islamic Republic to commit to the enormous costs of defending their state. Somehow these guys lived through the revolution and the Iran-Iraq War and they’re unwilling to sacrifice, even when it means personal doom for many of the leadership. They’re convinced they’re walking a careful strategic line, but they’re letting history slip through their fingers. If they had been strong and decisive in this crisis they would have secured their rule for a century, but with their weakness it’s hard to see it lasting a generation.

It doesn’t even look big. What’s the point of all that space if you’re not showing it off?