Georgia Howe

During his eight-minute video announcing strikes on Iran, President Trump encouraged the Iranian people to use this once-in-a-generation opportunity to rise up and seize power.

So how do you go from having a power vacuum to having elections?

Are there organizations standing by with a concrete plan for this opportunity?

What would that even look like?

Now, relating to something you said earlier, that the young people really have a different point of view than previous generations, over the years, we've all seen videos of Iranians chanting death to America.

But you've said there's a warmness toward the West among this younger generation.

Where does the voting public stand by and large in terms of their feelings about the West?

Is there a generational divide?

And if they were given free and fair elections, what do you expect we'd see?

Also, I understand it's still a predominantly Muslim country, but you're saying they reject Islamism, which is distinct.

Where does the median citizen fall on those dimensions?

That was Jonathan Sia from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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