"Already Collapsed"

The Bangkok Post interviews Mohammed Reza Mahdi, "former high-ranking intelligence official in Iran":

The government has already collapsed. There’s going to be big changes very soon. Believe me, it will happen soon. I can promise you that I will meet you for the next interview in Teheran very soon. However, I am afraid that the transition won’t be peaceful. You see what has happened during the religious ceremony called Ashura a few days ago.

Ed Morrissey notes that police states can exist for decades and calls "predicting the end of the Iranian mullahcracy is a bit of a fool’s game."