Popovic Opening Points:

Can’t win with one group. Need to build across a diverse constituency.

One of the reasons IR has been able to hold on is people’s disunity. How Iranians disagree with each other is very important and part of securing success.
I don’t see a strategy. You… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Questions and Answers:

Where are we in the revolution?
Forget about protests, there are more than 200 ways to fight back. Protests might not be the way right now. The good news in Iran is: majority want change. More important than mobilizing, is to organize the people. Is there… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

How can we get more organized and connected?
Social media will mess thing up, bad guys will push misinformation, IR can shut internet off.
Start with a core group, have your demands clear, have a vision, learn about constituencies you can mobilize. You need overarching… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

People want someone to lead them? (a question is asked) people seem to need direction. Opposition needs to talk directly with the Iranian people.
You're focusing on the wrong thing. First ask where can we build a strategy? Then what? And then how? Then the role of the opposition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

One of the areas that is lacking is supporting the political prisoners. How do you evaluate the support and network of support for the political prisoners at the moment?
You need to make oppression backfire. When dealing with regimes like the IR, it’s possible to can turn their… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

What should the leadership look like?
Leaders are needed, they are necessary.
But don’t necessarily need charismatic leaders like Gandhi or Mandela. Mandela was in jail. He was a symbol.
Build layers and create leaders leading different spaces, doing different things.
Public… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The people in Iran who have risen up don’t have members of parliament to channel their voice. All the MPs are rooting for the Islamic Regime. What was it like in Serbia?
Yes we had parliament members who were on our side. But the parliament as a whole was an engine for Milosovic.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Do we have all the elements of a “revolution?”
What you have is very far from a revolution. This is a popular uprising.
Large numbers are mobilized. BUT clear demands are missing. Mass popular uprising is a better name.

We are calling it a revolution because the end point is a revolution. Getting rid of the regime. What were the successful catalysts that made it so that there is no turning back in the case of Serbia?
Don’t look for turning points. Focus on the many small victories. Successful… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Do we need a geopolitical alliance to change government? Pro-west, not?
This will not be the main point.
It is not picking between East or West
Who comes first, the chicken or the egg? Some people say it’s hopeless because we need to make sure IRGC resources run dry, that we need… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Technology is being used to grow and stop revolutions. What can be done with technologies? How has the calculus changed because of social media and technology?
Focus on the goal–tech is a vehicle.
If you want to suck the IRGC dry then use tech to mobilize, to boycott. But know… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Thoughts on chemical attacks. What solution would you suggest for addressing this issue?
Point of domestic and intl outrage and shows the regime is not able to stop it.
Inside Iran: Any range of tactics from signning petitions, protests, setting appointments with school… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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