Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“A new kind of political dialogue opened among the Iranian people during the bombing by Israel and the United States. Social media posts and interviews by journalists indicate that some Iranians welcomed the attacks on security sites of the highly unpopular regime. Others felt a nationalist resentment toward any foreign intervention or a war that might usurp the pro-democracy movement. Many who were struggling to survive simply did not want to speak out at all. Thousands fled the country. Yet some see an opening, even a necessity, for individuals to plan for a transition from an Islamic Republic that was faltering long before the bombing and before the regime’s disastrous support of Hamas’[s] 2023 attack on Israel.” (06/23/25)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0623/Iran-s-opening-for-liberty