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Nico Pitney, Robert Mackey and Andrew Sullivan compile a lot of information this morning about an uptick in violent regime harassment of the Iranian dissidents. It’s looking increasingly ugly at a critical moment. Even so, over at Time, Tony Karon considers whether the protest movement’s ability to force the regime’s hand might still lead the [...]

So tweets @TehranBureau, a fascinating source of Iran-opposition news. The New York Times reports that the Revolutionary Guards are vowing to inflict even more violence if the protests don’t end, despite the Guardian Council’s admission that 50 cities cast more ballots than had registered voters.
Some more @TehranBureau updates:
regime blaming all on terrorists backed by west, [...]