Among recent conflicts, only the Iran-Iraqwar - featuring trench warfare and gas, and claiming up to a million lives between 1980 and 1988 - can even be usefully compared.
Many around the world fret that "people power" will likely result in Somalia-style chaos, Iraq-style civil war or Iran-style oppression.
世界上很多人悲观地认为“人民的力量”很有可能导致索马里式的混乱,伊拉克式的内战或伊朗式的压迫。
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They stick it out through the Iran-Iraqwar and the birth of two children, leaving for good a decade ago when Ms Nafisi received a fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.