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Another Bad Day for the Ayatollahs

The BBC is reporting that the ayatollahs have shut down the state run polling service and arrested the people who commissioned the poll. The article states:

According to the poll of 1,500 Iranians, conducted by three separate
institutes including the National Institute for Research Studies and Opinion
Polls (NIRSOP) and published by Irna on 22 September:

• 74% of respondents over the age of 15 support dialogue with the US
  
• 45.8% believe Washington's policy on Iran is "to some extent
  correct".

But the judiciary has responded by charging NIRSOP director Behrouz
Geranpayeh and Irna's Abdollah Nasseri of "publishing lies to excite public
opinion", the Iran newspaper reports.

Imagine the following: You, your wife, and your kid are eating falafel around the dinner table. You get a call, and the caller says, "Hi, I wonder if you would like to take a survey. I work for the folks that can throw your family in jail at a whim, chop off your hands, and generally make life unpleasant if you don't say what we want you to say. By the way, incorrect answers might result in long jail terms, with ample bouts of torture." How do you think you would answer under those circumstances?

Now, considering the consequences, nearly half of the Iranian population was willing to risk jail, risk torture, and possibly execution, and say "Yes, we are run by a bunch of ruthless murdering Islamofascists." Iran is going to explode, and soon.

Link via Cato.