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What do Iranians want? Population caught between hardline regime and war
On that score, the command in Tehran closely watching for signs of internal dissent: we'll ask about arrests, Internet disruptions, calls to stop using WhatsApp and reaction to Israel's brief hacking of state television.
Note that while Donald Trump employs the collective we as in 'we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran," Israel's Iron Dome unable to stop missiles like the one that hit Bersheeba hospital in the south of country. If the United States is all in, that won't be a first. Iran's collective memory goes further than 1979, back to 1953 and the CIA-backed coup that overthrew a democracy for the Shah.
Produced by Aline Bottin, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip.