Spencer Ackerman & Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi on the U.S.-Iran Deal: THE LONG WAR ON IRAN

"And the second thing, the second misunderstanding was that — the relationship between the Iranian people and their state. And it is true that there is large segments of society opposing the state in Iran, and they’ve shown their grievances in many different forms, and they were repressed and massacred by the Iranian government. But at the same time, that relationship did not translate into organizing to overthrow the state after the beginning of the war. And we saw that how people rallied around the flag, and despite their opposition to the state, they supported the war efforts that was organized by the Islamic Republic."

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