Followed by public punishment and public executions

I'm sure these trials will be fair and unbiased

How to start a revolution in 3 easy steps.

I am sure this will make the protestors give up and not make matters worse /S

Dictators hate this one simple trick!

Yeah, this does not seem like a smart move.

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So, public execution for 2000?

If I was a protestor, this would just motivate me more because I knew 2000 of my comrades needed me to keep fighting or they’d never get free.

Sadly, it will be very difficult for it to turn into a real revolution unless part of the army switches sides or western countries are able to arm the protesters. The regime knows it’s fighting for its life. They used to mock the Shah for stepping down semi-voluntarily; they won’t do the same thing.

Yeup! Though those events could turn to riots I'd think

Plus a bunch of those killed have been Kurds or other minorities, so there's a chance the regime can at least partially polarize this on the basis of ethnicity in order to (somewhat) reduce opposition - minority rights and potential secession tends not to be popular even with more reform minded Iranians iirc

But idk. Hopefully I'm wrong, hopefully revolution occurs and succeeds, hopefully Iran ends up a free and democratic country while also giving freedom and independence to the Kurds and other oppressed minorities in the country

Not at all for show or intimidation purposes.