I think mothers who saw their children get shot will blame the people shooting. Ie. their own country, the IRGC.
Go out and protest and I will bring you freedom and peace and prosperity. That was the promise these kids counted on. They paid for those lies in blood.
That blood is on the president’s hands just as much as it is on the hands of the IRCG commanders giving the orders and their henchmen pulling the trigger and you can bet every family who lost someone in this war knows that.
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.