Iran witness report Killings and Suicides Several suicides are reported: people killing themselves after hearing their children or friends were tortured to death; others thrown from government buildings by the militia. Public Confrontations Others have overcome fear and are confronting members of government gangs in public. They shout: “Where in the Qur’an does it say you can shoot my 15-year-old grandchild for doing shopping?” “Do you have your place ready in Canada or Sweden to run away? We know what you did.” Arrests and Anticipation of US Attack Arrests continue daily. No general mobilisation into the regular army is visible. The regime does not to trust the broader population with access to weapons. The regular army functions largely as a display of state authority through compulsory service. Real enforcement power rests with regime militias. This is now evident. Life is between fear and hope — fear of further repression, hope that a US attack might remove the regime. Then there is the uncertainty that decades of oppression, once released, could erupt into confusion and instability. No one wants Shah’s son to return. The regime must go. Final Calls and Contingency Plans People are calling friends and relatives abroad to say what may be their last goodbye. They exchange backup communication methods and details of phone network trees in the hope to get news out of their survival. Conversations end with: “We leave it in the hands of Allah.”