. >>> joining me now from tehran is seyed mohammad mirandi. he is a professor of social studies. welcome. >> thank you. >> let me ask you, how do we make sense of what is going on in iran right now? the only way in which the regime has been able to maintain its control is to use fairly tough methods, brutal methods of repression. it has used the be siege, the revolutionary guard, it is arresting people, it is arresting journalists. this is not what the republic of iran presents to the world as the basis of its regime. it is turning into a military dictatorship, is it not? >> since he and his people went to the streets every day, it was causing trouble in the city of tehran. the police really felt that they had to bring things back to normal. mr. mousavi took people to the heart of tehran where businesses were damaged, ordinary people were hurt. he did it on a daily basis, and i think on the other hand, mr. ahmadinejad was provocative in his victory speech after the election. but i think as things settled down and the two sides become more level-headed and less emotional, i think