The legacy of 1989 echoes even in Iran, whose leaders seem clearly to have learned from Tiananmen Square and the collapse of the Iron Curtain that a committed government can, indeed, demobilize a public demanding reform.
1989年的遗训甚至在伊朗也产生了回音；看上去很明显的一点是，伊朗领导人已从天安门广场以及铁幕的崩溃中明白了一点：立场坚定的政府的确可以驱散一群要求改革的公众。