Governmental brutality and intimidation can withstand the march of history for years, but not indefinitely. Whatever becomes of the Green Movement in the short term, millions of courageous Iranian protestors made clear to the world last summer that their country’s centennial quest for a democracy is an idea whose time has come.
政府的镇压与恐吓虽然能够暂时延缓历史的脚步，但终将为潮流的车轮所碾碎。不管短期内绿色运动如何发展，成千上万的勇敢的伊朗人民已经在去年夏天向全世界证明，他们国家已经走过了近百年的追求民主之路，而今真正的时机，已经近在眼前了。