He recounts the first days after the 2009 election: the silent march of some 3.5 million people on June 15, Khamenei's Friday-prayer threat, and the shootings the following day when Neda Agha-Soltan was killed. He estimates about 200 deaths and 15,000 arrests, and describes the movement's strategy: delegitimise the regime, keep the opposition united, and stay nonviolent.