This might be controversial, but do you think it's possible to overthrow the regime in a peaceful way? Because I doubt it

There have been many protests the last decades, some of them very big, but they all failed, because this regime has no shame and will do anything to stay in power. They will kill half the population if it means the regime stays in place. Any protester gets jailed, tortured or killed. The economic struggles won't change this fact, the regime already has no popular support or legitimacy but as long as they have a monopoly on violence they won't collapse. They will just keep crushing all protests. So let's face it, there won't be any peaceful transition to democracy like happened in other countries like South Korea or Latin America.

This will be controversial I know, and I hope it doesn't breach Reddit rules, but the only way this regime will ever fall is through the use of arms. There needs to be an organized, armed opposition that seeks to overthrow the regime from within. Only the bullet will ever stop the reign of terror from these monsters. Iranians need to take up arms and fight and overthrow these devils, that's the only way this nightmare will ever end. They have the right to do so because the regime has no legitimacy and as such citizens have a natural right to revolt.

But will this work? Not immediately probably, but in the long run I think they could be defeated, especially if Russia doesn't intervene, but they are busy in Ukraine luckily so now is the time. They are weaker than they look. If the opposition is strong enough morale will be low among regime soldiers and the regime could collapse faster than we think.

Syria has shown this is the only way, and it can be successful in the end. Assad was never gonna give up power voluntarily so the Syrians took up arms and overthrew him, successfully. If it wasn't for Iran/Russia much sooner and less painfully but still. Myanmar is also a good example: the rebels are on the verge of overthrowing the military regime which has been in power for more than sixty years. If they can be beaten, so can the Islamic Republic. (Especially if Israel and the US were to arm the rebels :).

Before you comment: no, I don't want war, nobody wants war. But there's no other way to end this regime, that's the harsh truth. You need to incur short term pain if you want long term gain, in this case. As a Turk, I want to see Iranians free and prosperous, and the middle east stable, because this is also in our interests. But the regime needs to go for that to happen, and there is only one way to achieve that.