• Click here for video sent to us from June 21 of the regime’s security forces trying to disperse a large crowd of demonstrators by driving a vehicle through them.
• Click here for video sent to us from June 25 of people paying tribute to students killed by the regime at Tehran University.
• Dick Morris analyzes Iran’s vulnerabilities from having to import 40% of its gasoline. Key paragraph:

One specific step that could send just the right message to Iran is to cut back its gasoline supplies. Despite having the world’s second largest reserves of oil, Iran must import 40% of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity. Most of its refined gasoline comes from the Jamnagar Refinery, operated and owned by Reliance Industries, an Indian company. And guess who has guaranteed a $500 million loan to expand this refinery? You did. The American taxpayer, through the Export-Import Bank provided the loan guarantees as part of a $900 million package to Reliance.

• Overall, things seem to be in limbo in Iran right now. Demonstrations are numbering less people, but still are intense enough to pose a serious threat to the regime. This doesn’t mean opposition to the regime has fallen–if the regime oversteps or provokes the population, expect the numbers to go back up.

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