Aufstand verboten

Wenn das Regime in Teheran die Demonstration am Montag offiziell erlauben würde – es wäre ein Wunder. Kein Wunder also, was Reuters nun meldet – wobei das Drumherumreden und untergeordnete Chargen Vorschicken auch wieder bezeichnend ist; Selbstsicherheit sähe anders aus.

„These people are fully aware of the illegality of their demand and they know they will not receive a permit for staging a riot,“ Mehdi Alikhani-Sadr, deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s political bureau, was quoted by the semi-official Fars news agency as saying. It had always been highly unlikely the government would permit the rally organized by groups it considers seditious.