I can't overstate how monumental tonight is, as someone who has followed every major uprising since 2009. The islamic regime has always fallen back on two things when pressured into a corner: 1) Communication blackout 2) Mass murder This has always worked in the past, silencing Iranians into going home battered, scared and traumatised. This time however, Iranians responded to both 1 and 2 by coming out in even greater numbers. This has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I tell you this as someone who saw the images of Neda Agha-Soltan's dying breaths in 2009, who saw the 2017 uprising crushed, who saw the 2019 November blackout and massacre, who saw the 2022 uprising fizzle into nothing after relentless oppression. Not only has this movement not died out - for the first time there is a commanding leader and a guiding voice who makes calls and decisions for his people. He is the Shah of Iran, and the vast majority of Iran has proven to want him back on the throne. Nobody can deny this any longer. And now, we have a unified Iran defying regime blackouts AND regime massacres, organising and fighting back, inflicting real and devastating casualties. There has been nothing like this ever. The regime did not expect people to come back out. I repeat: This wasn't supposed to happen. This is a living nightmare for the mullahs and all their cheerleaders. I don't know what happens next. All I know is this has moved from an uprising to a revolution.