To Crocodile:
I'd like to invite you to take a second look at my previous post, with these additions in mind:
1-His death sentence was confirmed practically the moment he was arrested. If he was really fighting for a good cause, why did he have to even mention the US? He could just say: "Yeah, yeah, I did it all. And I wanna see you all go to the deuce."
2-He asked for forgiveness! My @ss!! If I were in his shoes, I wouldn't mock myself and all I had done for "the rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran" that way.
3-Many Sunni scholars had condemned his deeds. I come from northern Iran, but I know for a fact that people were not with him in southern provinces.
4-Let's come to an understanding: WHOEVER who kills in the name of Islam is a liar. Real Muslims are ashamed upon seeing that the likes of Bin Laden have destroyed the image of Islam. Rigi and his gang once stopped a dozen passing cars in a remote road in midnight, forced all men out, and fired at them in front of the eyes of women and children. Just for the heck of it. My friend, believe me, there is not a particle of Islam in that.
To Hanna:
As I have said before, we all have spent a long time discussing those possibilities. Ask other Iranians and they'll give you the most varied answers. But in my personal opinion:
Option 1 is already done away with (from the government's point of view).
Option 2 is my preferred solution.
Option 3 has already been tried. The 1979 Revolution showed, if nothing else, that the Iranian nation is capable of a large-scale social-political reform. Many other nations are not. But for us, another try is unthinkable, as it might throw us 30 years backward.
Option 4 is just impossible. The US would love to do it, instead of messing with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is totally different from the entire Middle East.