the #basiji are extremely brutal (conservative govt thugs bussed in from rural areas to the cities to crack skulls and murder, like ICE in the USA)
the people of #Iran are putting their lives on the line like us pampered complacent Westerners have no conception of. I like you have nothing but the utmost respect for them
the #basiji
they have murdered their fellow iranians many times before, and they will again
basically the govt trucks rural #conservatives into #iranian cities when there is unrest, and they go about cracking skulls and shooting protesters, then are trucked back
brutally simple and efficient
the iranian people have a tough situation, but they are not giving up
there has been a number of #arabspring type uprisings over the last decade in #iran
a prominent one immediately preceded the arab spring and might have inspired it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement
all of them violently suppressed by the #basiji
i would like to have hope, but it's quite grim in iran. they don't have a problem viciously brutalizing their own people