Janatan Sayeh

That is not the case in Iran anymore.

Of course there are some internet issues and there's a lot of limitations, but the average young Iranian knows how the West operates, aspires to have these freedoms, and again, the way that they feel isolated from the international community and the way they've been fed this information that the West is your enemy, now we're seeing a rebellion against that by the young people.

So once the U.S.

were to step in, as is promised, I think that would be very well received by Iranians, as we see right now.

So they keep pleading for Trump to get involved.

Of course, once he said help is on the way, that gave a lot of momentum, which again points to the fact that Iranians think without U.S.

intervention, they cannot really push this regime towards its collapse.

Well, he would have to be, of course, as we mentioned, the national figure, the unifying figure, but he would really have to lead the country on a societal and political level to really inspire the masses.

Looking at 1979, that's what Khomeini was able to do.

He was able to inspire the masses, millions of Iranians to really come together and

And this is what expectation is of a leader that would really ensure the average Iranian that the past is behind them.

It is really about just political messaging and ensuring that elections are free and they have international monitoring.

That would be his real role.

And again, depending on what Iranians decide during the elections, that would also dictate how involved he would get, whether they want, let's say, a constitutional monarchy or a republic.

That would really depend on how Iranians want to really cast their vote.

It is tough to say.

You know, you're talking about 90 million people of different linguistic backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

But I would say one thing.

They look at the region.

They compare republics to monarchies.