Every Iranian I talk to says everyone knew the risks. Everyone who went protesting even pointed out that they were still killing protestors one-by-one from the "woman, life, freedom" protests and Masha Amini from before, in a much worse way. You know, beating them up daily for a few years, raping the women they're executing first, sometimes the men too. You know, what allah commands according to the ayatollahs.

Iran has been killing protestors for 50 years. Executing their communist allies from their side was almost the first thing khomeini did, and they have never stopped since. The two girls from the famous revolution photo, one was executed by the regime she was celebrating.

But everyone knew EXACTLY what the government would do about the protests.

One Iranian I know said they kill a large number of protestors "every 2 years". So even the basic premise of this thread is totally wrong. The IRGC has mass-killed protestors about 25 times before this protest. That didn't stop the protestors, just like 24 times didn't stop them.

Now they have killed protestors 26 times. That currently stops people, but it won't stop them for long either.