It seems like the gloves are coming off:
Police chief Gen. Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam made a harsh threat to protesters to stay off the streets.
"In dealing with previous protests, police showed leniency. But given that these opponents are seeking to topple (the ruling system), there will be no mercy," Moghaddam said, according to IRNA. "We will take severe action. The era of tolerance is over. Anyone attending such rallies will be crushed."
When the era of mullah tolerance is over, God help the people of Iran. The protesters had best learn fast that they are in a fight to the death with the regime. One or the other will survive this.
Does the regime really unleash violence to crush the protest movement? Or do they just kill enough to anger the opposition into taking their own gloves off?
