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It's unclear how many people were killed by security forces.

One human rights organization estimates the number to be around 7,000, but it could be even larger.

The killings squelched the protest in a matter of days.

Later, C saw photos of some of the protesters who were killed.

Si was shaken.

He decided it would take something bigger than protest to oust the regime.

So you were, in some ways, hopeful that there would be a war?

And that's when the war started.

Wasi at his aunt's apartment in Europe.

Since he couldn't get safely back into the country, he watched the war from a distance.

And as key leaders in the regime were killed one by one, like many Iranians, he felt optimistic.

But as days turned into weeks, he also knew the war was taking a toll on Iranians.

He knew this from his own experience in the 12-day war last summer, when nuclear facilities were bombed.

But this war was different.

Intense U.S.

and Israeli bombardment had damaged and sometimes destroyed factories, schools, hospitals, and homes.

Thousands of Iranians have lost their jobs, with estimates of more than a million people out of work.

And more than 1,700 civilians have been killed.

And when President Trump threatened to end Iran's civilization, Xi was worried his family would be among them.

He also was having a hard time getting in touch with them since the war.