Amid regime’s ‘repression and violence’, Iranians ‘determined’ to pursue freedom, justice, democracy

As Israel and Iran trade fire in their most intense confrontation in history, members of the Iranian diaspora in Europe are torn between hopes for change from a brutal regime and fears for their loved ones back home. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza is pleased to welcome Azadeh Pourzand, Human Rights Researcher and Senior Fellow and Head of the State-Society Relations Research Unit at the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG). She highlights how Iranians now find themselves “caught between a war domestically by regime and a war by an outside force.”