Janet Jalil

People honestly expected something better from this United States and Israeli intervention, but I think it backfired at the moment because Iranian people right now seem to be trapped and caught between war on one hand

and domestic oppression, on the other hand, like a dilemma.

We thought that the American intervention would release us soon.

However, that freedom which we wanted didn't happen.

Many people, even many civilians, are getting killed because of those bombings.

And this is what happened to your family, right?

Tell us that story.

All the windows started shaking and breaking, and my father, 82 years old, was struck badly, taken to hospital, and

Later lost his life because of receiving such a shock.

And my house also damaged, the walls cracked down.

It was not habitable anymore.

I had to leave it.

Should the conflict continue?

If it ends in a ceasefire, I am much worried about those people who have been arrested during the protest.

And just it's because of those people who have got the upper hand in my country, I mean the Ayatollahs.

Of course, until now, many people, we have lost many people.

Many people have been injured or in jail.

But I think that's the price we are paying for our freedom.

Kamal Abassi speaking to Dan Johnson.

Still to come in this podcast... We had a few tiles that were loose and we wanted to repair them.