Trump administration officials have said the sanctions are not meant to hurt the Iranian people, but have also hinted that they're hoping to cause enough frustration that it leads Iranians to "rise up" and "change the behavior of the regime.": "They're weaker. Their economy is a wreck. The Iranian people are very frustrated...
"The best way of characterizing the mood of Iranian young people, the middle class, and people in urban settings is that they feel caught between a rock and a hard place — between an authoritarian regime on the one hand that's deeply repressive, and then a Donald Trump on the outside that's sanctioning Iran to death," Hashemi added. "And so they're feeling a lack of hope, a lack of optimism, and then this tragedy compounds the pain and the misery.
Iran retaliated to Soleimani's killing with a missile attack aimed at US and coalition forces in Iraq. Shortly thereafter, Iran accidentally shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. After initially denying any involvement in the deadly January 8 crash, the Iranian government said "human error" brought on by fears of a US military retaliation was to blame.
Tehran has taken a remorseful tone after acknowledging it was responsible for the incident, but that has not prevented waves of Iranians from flooding the streets to condemn the government. Of 176 people killed in the crash,
The protesters don’t care about traveling to the US. What a non sense article. freedom of iran is more important than people getting their kabab. Shameful piece in eliminating the truth. where is your report on suppression in Iran 1500killed_in_4days write a piece
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