Iranians remain hopeful for liberation amid ceasefire
'There's so many mixed emotions … especially amongst the people inside Iran right now,' Ms Le Bon told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
'I don't think Iranians anticipated that this was going to be a war that was going to liberate them.
'Nobody expected that this was a war for regime change by any means; however, I do think there was a sense of optimism that their liberation or a regime change would be incidental to this war.'
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