Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Two Diaries of War, From Opposing Sides of #Iran’s Political Divide
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/03/magazine/iranians-war-regime-us-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA.fAnd.UaQUPjKbrlZK&smid=url-share
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Iranian society is largely divided into two camps: the supporters of the #Islamic regime, who make up about 20 percent [really?? - PL] of the population and who see the war as an existential, even ideological battle between the Islamic republic and its archenemies, Israel and the #US; and the opponents of the regime, many of whom did not necessarily support foreign military intervention but at first saw an opportunity to finally be freed from a religious dictatorship.
I reached out to Mehrdad and Yassi, whom I interviewed during the course of reporting on the 12-day war with #Israel last June and during the uprising [...] in January 2026.
Mehrdad, 32, is from Ahvaz [...] and fervently defends many of the Islamic republic’s policies. Yassi, 40, lives in Tehran... She [...] has attended antigovernment protests...
