Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless enough.
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer.

LONDON, U.K.—After two weeks of silence about the mass slaughter of Iranian protesters on Jan. 8 and 9, the partial restoration of internet services in the country is allowing the first plausible estimates of how bad it was to reach the international media. It was very bad...

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