Sam Asghari says he opposed innocent deaths and American casualties but still believed war could weaken the Iranian regime, while blackout conditions make inside-Iran sentiment hard to read.
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Sam Asghari says he opposed innocent deaths and American casualties but still believed war could weaken the Iranian regime, while blackout conditions make inside-Iran sentiment hard to read.
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Sam says Iranians are abandoned, lack working banks and internet, and have lost trust in a regime built on propaganda and brainwashing.
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"know both iranians both have uh very strong views about this and i'm very aware having spoken to a lot of iranians myself in..."
"...out ofreal Iran because the internet shut down and the total blackout that they had. So it's very hard to see what's really happening..."
"cut in between two blades on the sharp end of of the sword and and they're sort of they don't have anything but to..."
"They're totally on their own. They don't have anything. They don't have bank systems right now working. They don't know what the future is...."
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