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Iranian Demonstrators Call for International Support
(Ynet News) Azita in Tehran - There are many reasons for the protest: the cost of living, inflation, a collapsing economy and currency, failing infrastructure. But the protest is against the legitimacy of the regime itself. When protesters in the largest cities shout "Death to the dictator," you understand that the cry is for something else, something bigger. I believe that what has happened in Iran over the past two years, reinforced since the Israeli and U.S. attack that made clear the regime cannot protect its citizens, is that people have completely lost their fear. This is a new audience of protesters. We, the veteran opposition activists, feel that the deepest change is in the intensity of the cry. People want to call out and hear that people abroad hear us, that we have support, that the world sees what is happening here. The cry is for intervention. We saw how much international pressure mattered in Gaza, so why not here? Why does no one intervene when people have no water and the regime shoots citizens dead? How is it not clear to every Western country that if this regime falls, it is not only we who will benefit, but global security will be strengthened? We swear we do not understand it. There is no teacher, nurse, market vendor or taxi driver whose quality of life has not been eroded. It is about whether there will be bread for dinner tonight for the children. Will there be electricity? You cannot put deterrence and military confrontation with Israel on your children's breakfast plate.