Increasingly, it looks like the bombing at the Ayatollah Khomenei shrine was a set up. The damage is miniscule. More likely, it was an attempt by the government to draw conservatives back into its fold. It bears an odd similarity to the 1933 Reichstag fire of the Nazis, who used the incident to consolidate control.
Basij thugs on motorcycles at first intimidate a crowd, but their tear gas backfires before the crowd finally disperses.
This is what it looks like when you are in the midst of a tear gas attack.
