Iranians turn on the regime as fear wanes: Is the ‘hour of freedom’ near? | Eye for Iran | EP 120 |
Can the Islamic Republic survive a deepening economic crisis, growing resistance at home and a war with the United States?
On this week’s episode of Eye for Iran, British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili and Iran International’s Arash Sohrabi examine the dark humor spreading across Iran as people struggling to afford basic necessities publicly mock the regime and turn its own language of fear against it. Djalili explains why he believes the phenomenon shows that “the fear is gone.”
The episode also looks at what Washington is prepared to do to help Iranians challenge the Islamic Republic. After…
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