Over the past month, the people of Iran took to the streets to fight for their future. What began as an economic grievance quickly snowballed into demands for change, calls for revolution, and an end to the Islamic regime that has held the country under its thumb for nearly 50 years. When US President Donald Trump promised to help protesters, Iranians around the world felt hope that, finally, change could happen. However, Trump quickly changed his mind, leaving the people feeling abandoned and isolated.
“They need the Americans. They depend on the Americans,” Roni Insaz, an Iranian-born former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told The Jerusalem Post, explaining that the US may be the Iranians’ last hope for a better life.
With Trump’s flip-flopping, the world as a whole has been made to watch with bated breath, preparing for any and all possible scenarios. The president said he has no reason to strike so long as the regime halts executions, which reports within Iran claim have not actually stopped, but protesters have been begging for US intervention, and Insaz pointed out, isn’t that reason enough?
“There is enormous anger among the Iranian people toward Trump. He promised things, and now they feel he’s backing away,” Insaz said. “They love Trump, they love America – but right now they feel abandoned, and it hurts.” (Read More)
