"Until people have the will to change something from within, nothing will be able to make that change. It has to be by the will of the people from within."
I'll take the word of Jafar Panahi - no friend of the Iranian regime - over pretty much every senior western journalist when it comes to the current situation in Iran.
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jafar-panahi-iran-doesnt-need-trump-upcoming-trial-1236627046/
