My neighbor Reza has extensive family in Shiraz.  After I saw the horrific youTube footage, I asked "Reza, how is your family in Shiraz?"

He said, "I just got off the phone with them.  They are fine."  Then he smiled.  "This is good.  Something good will come from this."

Every great people has moments when it rises above the flaws of its leaders.  The Persians, who invented the concept of religous tolerance over two thousand years ago, are having another of their great moments. Today they are shining example to all the world.

God be with them.