Hossein Shariatmadari: We weren’t lucky with the opposition; the Islamic Republic has a weak and worn-out opposition. The rioters are wild and few in number.
The editor-in-chief of Kayhan wrote in an article: We weren’t lucky with the opposition.
The field agents of the unrest have played roles akin to caricatures of ISIS and, as they have admitted themselves, they have been hired mercenaries.