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Check one, two.

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All right, so we have it for the

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cameras. Could you introduce

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yourself and tell us which

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organization you're with?

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I'm Zahra Fakery and

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I'm Officer of Iranian Student

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Association at UWM,

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Milwaukee.

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When and why did you leave Iran?

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My parents loved Iran

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and it was because

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of the revolution and also my father

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was a political prisoner in Iran

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because he was against

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IRGC so we had

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that kind of thing in our family so

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it was better for our safety to not

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live there anymore.

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Have you ever been there to visit?

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Yes.

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When was the last time you were

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there?

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More than six years ago.

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How would you describe life there

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before the war began?

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Um People,

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people were,

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in Iran we had a lot of uprisings.

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So we were always waiting

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for a good moment that

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people can get

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rid of the Islamic regime.

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So what I would see every time,

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more hope in people's lives and

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they were waiting for the moment.

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Whenever you would, even sitting in

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the taxis or talking with youth

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or old people, they would always say

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that it's pretty close to

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see the moment that they're gone.

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And right now,

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I see that even

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after facing all of these strikes

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in the country,

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they are all agreeing in this

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that living under

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the Khomeini dynasty is

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more horrible and terrifying

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for them than the threat of my

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souls. So that's

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how they see the situation and

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how they're waiting for the moment

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to see the freedom

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for Iranian people, because...

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They're not only thinking about

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their nation, but also the other

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nations that are already getting

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involved, and they have been

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involved for 47 years.

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So it's something that's

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nationalized, and it's something

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that would help everyone to

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see the freedom and have

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a better and safer world.

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That's all we're thinking of right

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now.

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Tensions have been building for a

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while, for months, between the

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United States and Iran.

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What was your reaction when you

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learned that a military strike from

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America and Israel had begun?

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Because I was in all

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the uprisings,

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as I said, it was just started

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a couple of months ago.

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But the worst thing that happened to

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Iranian people was two months ago

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that the country

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was again under

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the blackout for

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more than 10 days.

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We could not hear from them.

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Even the phone lines inside Iran was

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completely cut off.

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And people would, even neighbor to

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neighbor, they could not call each

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other. So in that moment, they

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slaughtered more than

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30,000 people in the country.

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Whoever I knew as an Iranian, I

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would talk to them and they knew

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someone close to their families,

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relatives or friends, that they lost

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their lives.

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So all of this tension started

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before whatever happened

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with the intervention of any country

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like Israel or U.S.

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faced that, and we were.

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All depressed and

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crying their eyes out for more

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than two months and after that the

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blackout finished we

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could see what has happened to

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Iranian people and

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then at that moment we tried all

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Diaspora and Iranian people outside

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of Iran we tried to be their voice

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in asking other countries to help

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our people because for 47

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years we tried different ways

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with uprisings,

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with protesting, with everything.

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We could not help as our nation.

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We could do anything for ourselves.

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The only thing, the most precious

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thing is our lives.

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We lost a lot of lives.

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We do not have anything more to

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offer.

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And also we are seeing that other

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countries are facing some issues

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with IRGC and Islamic Republic.

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And the threat is not just for

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Iranian people. They're already

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kidnapped.

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That's what I see.

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Even right now after 250

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hours of blackout, they're

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kidnapped. So.

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They're there, and the other nations

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are seeing everything, all of

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the terrorist activities, all of

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things that are happening and

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threatening people's lives in other

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countries.

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If you dig into them, there are some

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hands of them in that.

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And Iran is a very

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wealthy country, they have a lot of

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oil and gas, and all the money just

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goes to supporting and

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funding terrorist activities around

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the world.

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So we begged for this

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moment, honestly.

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All of the uprisings

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and all the protests and rallies

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that happened even outside of Iran,

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we were mentioning that we need help

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from the U.S.

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We were calling the president.

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We were asking all

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the countries that they could help

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us.

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So it was something as

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an intervention that they would help

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Iranian people to remove this

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Islamic regime.

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And then Iranian people do the job

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and make the country a free country

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and taking back our own

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country to The

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real Iran that was

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in

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1979, it

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was a real Iran.

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People were always judging Iranian

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people based on the country that it

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is right now because of the

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government.

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We tried so hard and we are trying

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so hard to show that we

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are even kidnapped by

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them. We are also under pressure of

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this government.

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So we are

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Iranians, and we are different.

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We don't have anything to do with

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all of these activities,

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and war should be a better place

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also for everyone.

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This wall.

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So you do support the military

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action right now?

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Yes, I do, because as

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I said, there was no other way

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around.

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What are the discussions you have

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with other Iranians about

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the war who

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are here in Wisconsin with you?

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We never say that we are not

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terrified, we are.

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We are scared of everything.

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Right now, because there are

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different phases for Iranian people,

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at first we were so happy

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because of the intervention that we

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were waiting for.

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After that we got really happy

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and thrilled because of death of the

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Khamenei, but we all knew that

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it's not just one person, it's

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systematic.

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We cannot say that and topple

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that government down just by killing

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one person.

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Now we're seeing that everything is

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happening there, and they're

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using Iranian people

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as human shield.

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They're all getting hidden under

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the hospitals, into schools.

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Even I'm seeing the

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Iranian TV and media

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inside Iran, that they're

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doing all their interviews exactly

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in front of the blackboards of the

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schools, elementary schools.

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So we are worried for our people.

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It's not thinking about the military

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that is happening, because we see

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that it's targeted and why the

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technology they can choose where to

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hit and what's happening there.

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And those people who are responsible

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about all the things and terrorist

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activities are the target.

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But we are scared that

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as they never cared about

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human lives in Iran,

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they're again doing that at this

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moment, using Iranians'

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life as a human shield.

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So that's the most terrifying part

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for us right now.

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Who should lead Iran?

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Whoever Iranian people inside

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Iran and Iranian people outside of

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Iran are agreeing with right

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now what I could

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hear the same both

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inside and outside of the Iran was

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Rosa Pallavi and

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everything that they were

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saying even the last

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time that Iran was not under

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the blackout there were

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a lot of Iranian students that they

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did protest inside

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the schools inside the university.

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They were all chanting Javid

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Shah, which in Persian

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means we're waiting for

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the king.

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So Reza Pahlavi is the previous

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king's son.

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So now everyone is, almost

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most of the higher percentage of

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Iranian people are agreeing on him

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and they're repeating the same

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sentence together inside and

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outside. That's what I'm hearing and

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seeing.

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So do you want free and fair

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elections for Iranians?

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Yes, yes.

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Have you been in contact with family

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since the war began?

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Yes. Totally.

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Tell us about your family.

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So,

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it's so emotional.

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It's because of the blackout,

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there's no way to call them.

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So, they're calling us

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directly by the phone

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lines and the

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quality of the call is

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terrible.

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What they say is always that

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we are

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okay, everything

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is fine and everything

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will be fine.

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Do not worry about us.

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Thank you very much.

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They're saying that they're gone.

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They're already gone.

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Everything is finished

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at least in the

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minds of all the Iranians so We

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know it's kind of over

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and we are waiting for that

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24 hours that it happens because

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based on the history and everything

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that we read about all their

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dictatorships Everything

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happens in the last 24 hours

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There is standing to the last

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minute, but they will fall down

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in a minute.

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So What they're

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sharing is that, and

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they're talking about how they're

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using tapes and scotches on the

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windows, because

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they really do

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not know where are they hidden.

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For example, my mother-in-law's

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house, all the windows shattered

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down because her

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house was close to one of the IRGC

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centers,

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and by close, I mean like

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more than five miles or six

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miles, something like that.

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The point is that we are scared

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that if they're hidden in the

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neighbor, in the other apartment

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beside you, we do not know that

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most of the times,

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especially right now that they're

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targeted by missiles.

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She was like, at first

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I was scared so

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bad and I was screaming and

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trying to get hidden because

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in Iran there is no serents,

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there is not shelters.

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As I mentioned, the government does

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not care less about human

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human lives in Iran.

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So there is nothing there.

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People are just informing each

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other. And imagine there is no

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internet.

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So in 21st century how

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they can help each other, someone is

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telling the other one.

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Or the other opposite way, they are

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just staring at the targets

349
00:11:22,930 --> 00:11:24,809
and recording that to just

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send it out to outside of Iran if

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they can.

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But they are

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00:11:30,310 --> 00:11:32,029
pretty sure that if the target if

354
00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:34,029
the muscles are coming for targeting

355
00:11:34,030 --> 00:11:36,429
IRGC They're safe,

356
00:11:36,430 --> 00:11:37,709
that's all I know.

357
00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:39,729
And they feel like this,

358
00:11:39,730 --> 00:11:40,850
but they're full of hope.

359
00:11:42,030 --> 00:11:44,009
Is it difficult being separated and

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00:11:44,010 --> 00:11:45,609
not being able to communicate with

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00:11:45,610 --> 00:11:46,610
family?

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00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:50,219
What I learned, they could not cut

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00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:52,259
off the line from inside,

364
00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:54,179
call it from inside to outside, but

365
00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:55,859
if I want to call them directly,

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00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:56,860
there is no chance.

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And they don't have the internet

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00:11:58,770 --> 00:12:00,049
either, that's an outage?

369
00:12:01,750 --> 00:12:03,569
So when they call you is the only

370
00:12:03,570 --> 00:12:05,499
time you're communicating with them?

371
00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:06,579
Yes.

372
00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:08,439
Yeah, we set a time so they will

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do their best to call at that time

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in the morning.

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That's how we can communicate.

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00:12:15,180 --> 00:12:17,019
But I'm comparing, for example,

377
00:12:17,020 --> 00:12:18,799
today, it was the last time I talked

378
00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,219
with them.

379
00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:21,699
I'm covering that too.

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Like seven days ago, the quality of

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call is terrible.

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And we were both saying

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that we guessed that they were doing

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something with phone lines too.

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And uh...

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One of my other friends she talked

387
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on phone with her family and

388
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when she was like crying and asking

389
00:12:37,650 --> 00:12:39,109
like how is the situation because

390
00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:41,369
it's so hard from outside all

391
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your beloved ones all your family's

392
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relatives even your your own your

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own country is uh...

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In a very bad situation it couldn't

395
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be worse than this but uh...

396
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She was crying on the phone and when

397
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she said how is everything going on

398
00:12:54,790 --> 00:12:57,309
there the phone was cut off

399
00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:59,409
we're pretty sure all of

400
00:12:59,410 --> 00:13:01,429
our calls are kind of big.

401
00:13:01,430 --> 00:13:03,049
Scanned or they're hearing what

402
00:13:03,050 --> 00:13:04,429
we're saying because they're

403
00:13:04,430 --> 00:13:05,570
filtering everything too.

404
00:13:08,130 --> 00:13:10,129
What are your hopes for

405
00:13:10,130 --> 00:13:12,029
family and the other

406
00:13:12,030 --> 00:13:13,909
Iranian residents still there?

407
00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,619
I'm comparing my people

408
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with other countries like Ukraine

409
00:13:19,820 --> 00:13:21,879
or other countries that they

410
00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,519
had the same situation.

411
00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,519
I'm saying that Iranians are not

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escaping from the country.

413
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They're not even going outside of

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Tehran or because many

415
00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,779
of my families are from Tehron in

416
00:13:32,780 --> 00:13:34,219
the capital and it was the main

417
00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:35,220
target.

418
00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:37,819
They're staying at homes and

419
00:13:37,820 --> 00:13:39,839
they're not escaping the country

420
00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,799
or even the city because they

421
00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,679
are waiting for a better situation

422
00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:44,680
to come.

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00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:47,129
And also what

424
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I think is that people

425
00:13:49,250 --> 00:13:51,429
are more trusted

426
00:13:52,730 --> 00:13:55,309
to Israel or USA.

427
00:13:55,310 --> 00:13:57,349
If they're saying just stay at home,

428
00:13:57,350 --> 00:13:59,369
they're rather to listen to that.

429
00:13:59,370 --> 00:14:01,809
Because the Iran government,

430
00:14:01,810 --> 00:14:03,649
IRGC, sent a text message to

431
00:14:03,650 --> 00:14:05,269
all the phone lines saying that if

432
00:14:05,270 --> 00:14:07,589
you're in Tehran, leave Tehron

433
00:14:07,590 --> 00:14:09,009
and go to another city.

434
00:14:09,010 --> 00:14:10,629
That was the text that they sent to

435
00:14:10,630 --> 00:14:12,249
Iranian people.

436
00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:14,089
And then Iranian people were like,

437
00:14:14,090 --> 00:14:14,949
OK, if they're...

438
00:14:14,950 --> 00:14:16,989
IRGC says that we're not doing

439
00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:19,129
that, that's how the scenario works

440
00:14:19,130 --> 00:14:20,130
there.

441
00:14:20,650 --> 00:14:22,289
So I'm saying that they're not

442
00:14:22,290 --> 00:14:24,249
afraid, they're recording

443
00:14:24,250 --> 00:14:26,269
the missiles coming down,

444
00:14:26,270 --> 00:14:27,969
they are talking to each other

445
00:14:27,970 --> 00:14:29,949
easily and they are

446
00:14:29,950 --> 00:14:31,749
not escaping from their homes.

447
00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:33,709
So I feel like it's

448
00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:35,749
so different from my culture

449
00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,669
to other cultures because

450
00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:39,389
they feel more belong to their

451
00:14:39,390 --> 00:14:41,129
country and they feel like they have

452
00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:42,829
to stay at their homes and they have

453
00:14:42,830 --> 00:14:43,948
to.

454
00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:45,869
Uh... Support each other and

455
00:14:45,870 --> 00:14:47,789
do not get scared and also wait

456
00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:49,689
for that moment that's what i see

457
00:14:49,690 --> 00:14:52,369
from outside and uh...

458
00:14:52,370 --> 00:14:54,349
As i mentioned the Texas out from

459
00:14:54,350 --> 00:14:56,349
IRGC uh...

460
00:14:56,350 --> 00:14:58,169
Right now the Texas that they're

461
00:14:58,170 --> 00:15:00,049
receiving is that they

462
00:15:00,050 --> 00:15:01,929
are threatening Iranian people if

463
00:15:01,930 --> 00:15:03,749
they come outside and

464
00:15:03,750 --> 00:15:05,729
protest or do anything and there

465
00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:07,869
are going at

466
00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:09,599
night to people.

467
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,459
At night we chant from

468
00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:13,379
out from their windows like death

469
00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:15,239
to dictator death to

470
00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,319
common a something like this and

471
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,559
then they started to

472
00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,479
walk in I mean

473
00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,499
driving around the area and

474
00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,599
the streets and Playing

475
00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,459
some songs to cover those

476
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:29,299
chantings and after that it

477
00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:30,259
didn't work. Now.

478
00:15:30,260 --> 00:15:32,199
They're threatening people while

479
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,119
they're They're driving

480
00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,559
around a area.

481
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,519
So now the situation is

482
00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:38,859
changed to threatening Iranian

483
00:15:38,860 --> 00:15:41,189
people on TV,

484
00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:43,049
on text messages, now

485
00:15:43,050 --> 00:15:44,729
it's what they're saying inside.

486
00:15:46,740 --> 00:15:48,579
You had said that you do

487
00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:50,339
want a regime change.

488
00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:51,619
Where do you stand on foreign

489
00:15:51,620 --> 00:15:53,619
intervention forcing that

490
00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:54,819
regime change?

491
00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:56,789
Do you support that?

492
00:15:56,790 --> 00:15:59,129
I do because after 47

493
00:15:59,130 --> 00:16:01,149
years, if you do

494
00:16:01,150 --> 00:16:03,429
have a checklist for getting

495
00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:04,450
rid of a regime,

496
00:16:05,650 --> 00:16:07,929
we have done all the checklists.

497
00:16:07,930 --> 00:16:10,649
It was the last option for us.

498
00:16:10,650 --> 00:16:12,629
And also, right now, we're agreeing

499
00:16:12,630 --> 00:16:14,409
that together because the other day

500
00:16:14,410 --> 00:16:16,449
we were saying that imagine

501
00:16:16,450 --> 00:16:18,869
after more than 10 days

502
00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:20,949
of being bombarded and

503
00:16:20,950 --> 00:16:22,569
all of those missiles to their

504
00:16:22,570 --> 00:16:24,589
centers, to everything.

505
00:16:24,590 --> 00:16:26,709
By the most powerful military

506
00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:28,429
service in the world like U.S.

507
00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:30,289
And Israel, they're still there

508
00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:31,549
and they're threatening Iranian

509
00:16:31,550 --> 00:16:32,429
people.

510
00:16:32,430 --> 00:16:34,309
How we could do that with bare

511
00:16:34,310 --> 00:16:35,129
hands?

512
00:16:35,130 --> 00:16:36,749
Was there any other option for us?

513
00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:38,289
We could not see that.

514
00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:40,189
And as I say, the last option for

515
00:16:40,190 --> 00:16:42,549
us was losing more than 40,000,

516
00:16:42,550 --> 00:16:44,369
30,000 Iranian people, I'm

517
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,369
estimating the number because

518
00:16:46,370 --> 00:16:48,029
they would never ever let us know

519
00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:49,629
how many they are.

520
00:16:49,630 --> 00:16:50,989
Some Iranian organization And by

521
00:16:50,990 --> 00:16:52,289
writing down the names, they

522
00:16:52,290 --> 00:16:54,269
could... Do some estimations and

523
00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:55,349
now we know that there are a

524
00:16:55,350 --> 00:16:57,309
thousand of Iranian people so we

525
00:16:57,310 --> 00:16:58,829
don't have anything more to offer

526
00:16:58,830 --> 00:17:00,739
that's what we're thinking.

527
00:17:00,740 --> 00:17:03,059
What are your thoughts about the

528
00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:04,919
anti-war protests here in the United

529
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,759
States and those who think

530
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,459
that America should not be waging

531
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:09,460
this war?

532
00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:14,719
So, it's really important

533
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,679
for everyone to know

534
00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,739
people and talk to the people

535
00:17:18,740 --> 00:17:20,479
and understand those people from

536
00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:21,899
their shoes.

537
00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:23,739
What I really want

538
00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:25,519
them, if they are looking for

539
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,019
something good for my people,

540
00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:29,859
it is the best case scenario to ask

541
00:17:29,860 --> 00:17:31,799
my people whether it is their

542
00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,119
thoughts.

543
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,539
No one says the war is good.

544
00:17:34,540 --> 00:17:36,439
No one says that I want

545
00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,599
missiles to come to my country.

546
00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,699
Even if I say that there are IRGC

547
00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:42,139
centers, there are buildings that

548
00:17:42,140 --> 00:17:44,039
they were built in my city, in

549
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:44,919
my country.

550
00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,659
They are precious, not only for me,

551
00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:48,499
but also for my people.

552
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,659
But if it could help my people

553
00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:52,899
to live better life,

554
00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:54,199
okay, even not thinking about the

555
00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,299
better life. If they can be safe

556
00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:58,119
for the next years

557
00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,519
or in the future,

558
00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,879
I would like that to happen.

559
00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,799
And also

560
00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,639
something helpful for

561
00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:07,999
other nations too.

562
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,739
They have to know what are we

563
00:18:09,740 --> 00:18:11,239
fighting with.

564
00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,079
So if there is any other options for

565
00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,099
them, let us know because we

566
00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:16,539
could not find any other solution

567
00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:18,699
for our people, for our country,

568
00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,199
for the safety of the Middle East.

569
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,079
Now they can see how the

570
00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,659
IRGC is reacting.

571
00:18:23,660 --> 00:18:26,179
They're bombarding Dubai,

572
00:18:26,180 --> 00:18:27,139
Emirates.

573
00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,239
It was so surprising for even

574
00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,299
Iranians that we are, we can expect

575
00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:32,719
anything from IRGCs.

576
00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,039
There is nothing that you can tell

577
00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:34,909
me.

578
00:18:34,910 --> 00:18:36,249
And I said that, no, there is a

579
00:18:36,250 --> 00:18:37,209
limit for IRGC.

580
00:18:37,210 --> 00:18:39,329
There is no limit for them.

581
00:18:39,330 --> 00:18:41,209
There is not limiting them for

582
00:18:41,210 --> 00:18:43,169
killing Iranian people,

583
00:18:43,170 --> 00:18:44,109
for human shields.

584
00:18:44,110 --> 00:18:45,489
There is a no limit to them.

585
00:18:45,490 --> 00:18:47,309
So what we are seeing is

586
00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:49,129
the true face of IRGCs.

587
00:18:49,130 --> 00:18:51,229
Please see that and please

588
00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,289
talk to Iranians.

589
00:18:53,290 --> 00:18:55,509
We Iranians who have our

590
00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:57,629
families, our beloved ones inside

591
00:18:57,630 --> 00:18:59,469
Iran, we would

592
00:18:59,470 --> 00:19:00,869
definitely know something that you

593
00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:02,429
might not feel it, and all the

594
00:19:02,430 --> 00:19:03,969
scenarios are not as easy as you

595
00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:05,319
might think.

596
00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,899
Written on the paper.

597
00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:08,939
Everything might be complex and more

598
00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:10,419
complicated.

599
00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:12,319
So we are thinking that

600
00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,699
this regime is more horrifying

601
00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,799
and more scary

602
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,719
than IRGC to

603
00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,639
stay in our country.

604
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:21,640
That's what we think.

605
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,919
The Trump administration has

606
00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,799
said the reason that they began this

607
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,659
war is to stop Iran from developing

608
00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:30,079
nuclear weapons.

609
00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,559
What are your thoughts on that as a

610
00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,519
justification for this war?

611
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,719
Based on my

612
00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,599
experience,

613
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,699
they have never said anything

614
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,659
right. They were so professional

615
00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:42,660
in lying.

616
00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,119
If they have said that they stopped

617
00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,119
that, 100% it's a lie.

618
00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:48,719
If you ask an Iranian, they would

619
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,700
say that they're definitely lying.

620
00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,739
So if they say

621
00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:56,279
that the stopped it, I believe they

622
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,159
did not. If they say that they

623
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,539
wanted to use it for peaceful

624
00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:01,849
or anything good.

625
00:20:01,850 --> 00:20:03,929
For a human being, 100%

626
00:20:03,930 --> 00:20:04,989
say that it was wrong.

627
00:20:07,370 --> 00:20:09,309
If there is a use of having

628
00:20:09,310 --> 00:20:11,189
bombs by having

629
00:20:11,190 --> 00:20:13,449
nuclear technology,

630
00:20:13,450 --> 00:20:15,349
100%, that's what they were

631
00:20:15,350 --> 00:20:16,350
looking for.

632
00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:20,249
So even if they

633
00:20:20,250 --> 00:20:21,569
say that they stopped it, I would

634
00:20:21,570 --> 00:20:22,569
not believe that.

635
00:20:22,570 --> 00:20:24,389
No Iranian would believe that,

636
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,249
so if any other country say

637
00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:28,069
that. No, there is some doubts

638
00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:29,649
that they were continuing that and

639
00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:31,589
they were progressing on

640
00:20:31,590 --> 00:20:34,349
using a nuclear rip-in or something.

641
00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:36,289
I do believe that more,

642
00:20:36,290 --> 00:20:38,129
so there is a good chance for

643
00:20:38,130 --> 00:20:39,109
them.

644
00:20:39,110 --> 00:20:40,789
What resolution are you hoping for

645
00:20:40,790 --> 00:20:41,790
in the end?

646
00:20:45,020 --> 00:20:46,919
Getting rid of Islamic

647
00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,199
regime, Iranian people

648
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,199
doing their job to

649
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,139
make the country free and

650
00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:55,939
having a secular government and

651
00:20:55,940 --> 00:20:58,059
a better place and showing the

652
00:20:58,060 --> 00:21:00,359
world what is a real Iran and

653
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,719
what is real Iranian people and

654
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,839
how it could be a better world with

655
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,659
peaceful country

656
00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:08,719
in the Middle East, that's

657
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:09,939
what we are looking for.

658
00:21:10,990 --> 00:21:13,209
I've seen some discussion that the

659
00:21:13,210 --> 00:21:15,829
iranian regime is now threatening

660
00:21:15,830 --> 00:21:17,989
iranians living abroad

661
00:21:17,990 --> 00:21:19,689
uh... Have you seen or heard that

662
00:21:19,690 --> 00:21:20,690
are you concerned

663
00:21:22,070 --> 00:21:24,129
You know, you would be

664
00:21:24,130 --> 00:21:26,069
concerned if you, if this is

665
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:28,289
your first time seeing that.

666
00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:30,430
We're seeing that every day.

667
00:21:32,950 --> 00:21:34,789
Iranian embassy sends a lot of

668
00:21:34,790 --> 00:21:36,749
emails to me, I can show you.

669
00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:40,149
They're sending a lot a texts to

670
00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:42,409
families of people who are,

671
00:21:42,410 --> 00:21:44,409
who their their

672
00:21:44,410 --> 00:21:46,459
daughters or sons or their...

673
00:21:46,460 --> 00:21:48,339
Anyone close to them are outside of

674
00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:49,359
the Iran.

675
00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,239
Right now the last threat was

676
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,159
for less than 48 hours ago

677
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,199
that they threat us that they will

678
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,419
take over whatever we have inside

679
00:21:57,420 --> 00:21:59,179
Iran. If, I don't know, if we have

680
00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:00,619
an apartment in Iran they're going

681
00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:02,239
to take it over because of my

682
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,239
activity.

683
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,219
If I do have, I dunno, a land or any

684
00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:06,779
property that I do, have it, we take

685
00:22:06,780 --> 00:22:07,759
it away.

686
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,819
So this was the most

687
00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:11,779
recent threat, but there

688
00:22:11,780 --> 00:22:13,259
are tons and every day we're

689
00:22:13,260 --> 00:22:16,849
receiving emails because...

690
00:22:16,850 --> 00:22:18,849
If they can access to

691
00:22:18,850 --> 00:22:20,969
you via, I don't know,

692
00:22:20,970 --> 00:22:22,909
Instagram or Twitter or

693
00:22:22,910 --> 00:22:25,069
anything, they would do that too.

694
00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:27,149
So, and we are living that life of

695
00:22:27,150 --> 00:22:29,849
having threats every single day.

696
00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:31,429
Are you concerned that attitudes

697
00:22:31,430 --> 00:22:33,749
towards Iranian-Americans

698
00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,769
may change as the war goes

699
00:22:35,770 --> 00:22:37,689
on and more American soldiers

700
00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:38,869
are hurt or killed?

701
00:22:40,220 --> 00:22:42,099
Honestly, what I'm seeing between

702
00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:43,959
Iranian peoples, I'm not

703
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,619
saying that

704
00:22:47,620 --> 00:22:49,659
human lives is depending

705
00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:51,619
on their nationality, but

706
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:54,059
we're so

707
00:22:54,060 --> 00:22:56,839
concerned that more non-Iranians

708
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,899
are losing their lives

709
00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:01,019
because we see that it kind of help

710
00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:02,459
to our nation.

711
00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:04,399
So what we're praying all the time

712
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,699
is that there is less

713
00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:08,719
American or non-Iranian lives

714
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,919
to lose their lives in this path

715
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,879
and we're all appreciating

716
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,959
this and we cannot thank

717
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,719
them enough for what they're doing

718
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,139
for our nation.

719
00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:19,859
I know that it's definitely going to

720
00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:21,819
reflect all other nations'

721
00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:23,959
lives too, not only Iranians

722
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,859
but at this moment we're

723
00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:28,319
just concerned more

724
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,119
lives are going to be lost with

725
00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,199
this. So we're hoping that

726
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,679
day happens ASAP.

727
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,569
So, um...

728
00:23:36,570 --> 00:23:38,789
Human lives can be saved more

729
00:23:38,790 --> 00:23:40,609
not iranian also but

730
00:23:40,610 --> 00:23:42,190
also americans as well

731
00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:46,729
Um, how old are you?

732
00:23:46,730 --> 00:23:48,530
Thirty-three, thirty-two.

733
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:51,789
I've asked a lot of questions, is

734
00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:53,229
there anything else that I didn't

735
00:23:53,230 --> 00:23:54,230
ask that's important?

736
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,399
I'm saying, because

737
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,439
as a person who

738
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,899
is trying to be Iranian's

739
00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:03,759
voice and joining most

740
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,779
of the rallies inside

741
00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:08,079
America and being a

742
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,579
member of the diaspora of Iranians,

743
00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:12,139
we are seeing other groups that

744
00:24:12,140 --> 00:24:13,899
they're against us and they're

745
00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:16,209
trying to fight against us.

746
00:24:16,210 --> 00:24:18,189
And kind of stopping us or

747
00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:20,089
even intervening with all

748
00:24:20,090 --> 00:24:21,409
the rallies that we are doing.

749
00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:23,449
And they're supporting IRGC, even

750
00:24:23,450 --> 00:24:25,049
if they don't think that they're

751
00:24:25,050 --> 00:24:27,249
doing, but they are doing that.

752
00:24:27,250 --> 00:24:29,149
So what I really want them to know

753
00:24:29,150 --> 00:24:31,209
is that just by supporting

754
00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:33,409
Iranian peoples, they can fight

755
00:24:33,410 --> 00:24:35,369
against IRGCs.

756
00:24:35,370 --> 00:24:36,949
And if they're against Iranian

757
00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:39,069
people outside

758
00:24:39,070 --> 00:24:41,009
of Iran or inside of Iran,

759
00:24:41,010 --> 00:24:43,849
they are indirectly supporting IRGs.

760
00:24:43,850 --> 00:24:45,729
So I would like them to get

761
00:24:45,730 --> 00:24:47,589
more educated on what is

762
00:24:47,590 --> 00:24:49,529
the real story, what is a real

763
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:50,969
feeling of Iranians, or at least

764
00:24:50,970 --> 00:24:52,889
talk to Iranians or read

765
00:24:52,890 --> 00:24:55,189
their stories or talk about what's

766
00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:56,589
happening in Iran, how is their

767
00:24:56,590 --> 00:24:58,589
feelings when they do

768
00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:00,629
have parents inside Iran.

769
00:25:00,630 --> 00:25:02,089
Definitely their feeling would be

770
00:25:02,090 --> 00:25:04,149
more realistic than a person who

771
00:25:04,150 --> 00:25:06,129
does not have any member

772
00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:07,669
of their families, thank God that

773
00:25:07,670 --> 00:25:09,769
they don't, inside Iran,

774
00:25:09,770 --> 00:25:11,889
so listening to us and trying to

775
00:25:11,890 --> 00:25:12,839
understand us.

776
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,899
Although this might

777
00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:15,900
not make sense,

778
00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:18,519
because no one would look for

779
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,479
missiles or war in their

780
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,659
country, but if there is something

781
00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:24,819
that we are like

782
00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,779
trying to get out

783
00:25:26,780 --> 00:25:28,679
of that is what the most

784
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:29,639
important thing for us.

785
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,379
So I would like them to understand

786
00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:33,479
us and also Muslim people

787
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,480
around the world.

788
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,939
I never felt like they're supporting

789
00:25:37,940 --> 00:25:39,319
us.

790
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,819
Iran has more than.

791
00:25:40,820 --> 00:25:43,039
90% of Muslims in

792
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,039
the Middle East.

793
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,079
So I want them to support

794
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:46,979
Iranian people.

795
00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:48,659
They're seeing what is happening to

796
00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:49,619
other countries.

797
00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:50,959
Even that country was supporting

798
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,799
IRGC,

799
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,399
like Oman or Qatar or all those.

800
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,819
They're not still safe.

801
00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:57,699
So I'll want them see

802
00:25:57,700 --> 00:25:59,859
the real face and to understand

803
00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:01,859
who and where they have to

804
00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:03,939
stand for real

805
00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:05,879
peaceful war.

806
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,559
So that's all I'm asking them.

807
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,419
And do not stop us from what we

808
00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:10,420
are fighting for.

809
00:26:12,430 --> 00:26:13,629
Thank you so much for your time.

810
00:26:13,630 --> 00:26:14,809
Thank you.

811
00:26:14,810 --> 00:26:15,889
Could I have you say your name

812
00:26:15,890 --> 00:26:17,009
against it so I can get the

813
00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:17,879
pronunciation correct?

814
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,059
Z-A-R-A

815
00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:22,639
F-A K-A R-I.

816
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:23,609
And how do you say it?

817
00:26:23,610 --> 00:26:24,610
Zahra Fakery.

818
00:26:25,980 --> 00:26:27,839
Should we do room

819
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:28,840
tone, Lina?

820
00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:31,919
I think that's okay.

821
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:32,999
It's pretty wide in here.

822
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:33,959
I think we're good. We're just gonna

823
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,099
get some more footage of you.