Like we saw in the USSR, and now in Syria, strong, dictatorial regimes begin to unravel in small pieces that most do not even notice, until one day the whoe structure collapses.
In a totally surprising move for Iran, an Air Force colonel declares 45 years of lies, crimes, and corruption by illegal regime and must end until there are free elections in Iran.
"Step by step, we are approaching victory and one of the most important steps is for the armed forces to join the people and yield to the wishes of the majority of the Iranian nation.
The Iranian army has dismissed Khamenei and handed over leadership to the King of Iran, His Majesty the Shah of Iran."
Note that he is making his statement with the former Iran flag, under the Shah (the lion), and not the one which was changed with the symbol of Islam.