> Most Iranians nowadays believe that their country is being held hostage by Muslim clerics and needs to be liberated. Thats a very strong statement. Most of t

> Most Iranians nowadays believe that their country is being held hostage by Muslim clerics and needs to be liberated. Thats a very strong statement. Most of the country, even half of the country would look very differently on the streets. I didn't notice 40+ millions protesting. Its probably some milder version of that - some protest, on top of that some are unhappy for X and Y (its enough to be pissed off about state of economy and freedom overall), some also for reasons you state and in population of 85 million even 1% is almost a million so easily visible if they gather in cities. I would love to see Iranian regime change for the better since people there deserve it - I've met them, they are smart, cheerful, curious and on the ground its nothing like 24h news reels show. But if it ends up as another Syria, Lybia or any other arab spring then even current regime is a blessing in comparison and heaven compared to war torn hells of those places.