English transcript

Nobody ask us to, to, are you ready for a war?

Are you ready for a change?

How do ordinary Iranians feel about what's happening in their

country? We spoke by phone with a resident of Tehran, Iran's

capital, where protecting his identity because speaking

frankly about the Iranian regime is dangerous.

I guess for a lot of Iranians, they must feel very powerless.

Yes, they are. I mean, the majority of the people I mean, I

can say we are powerless nation because we haven't been asked

about what to do. But the majority, overwhelming majority

of the people, they feel powerless. They feel they have

no future. And they feel that they cannot decide even next

day what to do.

He said that since US and Israeli airstrikes began, a third of

Tehran's population has fled the city while food prices have

tripled. But he said that many Iranians who despise the regime

have now given up hope that the war will help topple it.

Do you think that Israel and the US may have misjudged how

determined the Iranian regime is to survive?

Yes, that's true. It proved to be capable to survive for many

days to come. They underestimated the brinkman policy,

brinkmanship, that they are ready at any cost, at any cost to

stay in power.

If the United States really wants to help the people of

Iran, what should it do at this point?

First and foremost, stop the war and negotiate.