Their parents held street rallies chanting "Death to America." Now young Iranians congregate to declare their rejection of theocratic totalitarianism (via Instapundit):
Sporadic clashes rocked, today, several provincial cities, such as, Esfahan, Hamadan, Mashad, Ahwaz, Oroomiah (former Rezai-e) and Shiraz as students came out of the universities, despited the formal interdiction, and rallied to hundreds of supporters.Islamic regime's Special forces and vigilantes attacked the demonstrators who shouted slogans against the regime and its leaders while requesting Free Elections for Iran's Self Determination.
From someone who knows, a look into the Iranian revolutionary mind:
Posters and tracts that were distributed had many slogans in favor of US intereference in Iran. A poster read "Establish democracy with American boots," another one read "foreign oppression is preferable to domestic oppression" . The cover of a student magazine carried by everyone stated "Establishing democracy and freedom has the highest value even if its through occupation and foreign interference".A tract read: "Our main enemy is not the US, our main enemy is inside of our house".
Some students called out these slogans to the chagrin of other students who felt sad that the situation had become so desperate as a result of 25 years of dictatorship that some would prefer a foreign invasion. These slogans included: "[America] is Victorious the Dictators will be destroyed[.]"
I certainly wouldn't want to conclude that military action and the accompanying collateral damage were the only solution - both the danger of warfare and the hopeless prospect of liberating myself from an ensconced dictatorship without warfare would be difficult to accept. But as a Zimbabwean said earlier this year, "If only George Bush would come here and Saddam us."