Ali

Mutta tämän päivän jälkeen kolme muuta asuntoa oli myös tullut nopeasti.

Olen tullut puolelle ja sitten mennyt. Yritin pysyä yli kolme kertaa, mutta olin pysynyt puolelle. Tämä mies, jota me kutsumme Aliin, on elänyt kaupungissa 50 vuotta. Hän on pysynyt pysyvällä. Olen tullut puolelle kolme kertaa. Olen tullut puolelle.

I stood up again and I don't know what happened. Rubble fell on my head. My hands, my back, my legs and my ears were bleeding. I don't have anything now.

Ali goes back to Iran every few years.

And in those visits, he always notices how it's changed.

Every once in a while, for the better.

Like when he was just there in December, he went to a restaurant and looked around.

None of the women were covering their hair.

But other changes he's noticed have been more ominous.

Like this trip, people were way more worried about money than they used to be.

He says a decade ago.

And in part because of the dire economic situation this year and in recent years.

While Ali was in Tehran, a protest started.

The one you've probably heard about.

It was sparked by the currency plummeting.

Vendors in Tehran's bazaar went on strike because they couldn't sell anything at a profit.

But then he kept talking to more people, people in Tehran.

What did you see?

It seemed to Ali that everyone in the country was fighting corruption, fighting for freedom, for their human rights, and for economic stability.

The regime has had intense protests over human rights for decades.