Juliette

For her concert, she planned to sing traditional Iranian music, not pop or other genres associated with the West.

And she would have one man on stage with her, playing the kamansha, a traditional Persian instrument.

But she would be the sole singer, with a lineup of songs about women.

She said they sold tickets to about 80 people.

The night of the show, she was nervous, thinking she might be arrested.

But she stepped out on stage and sang.

She was able to have her concert, the first time she ever got to sing like that.

She looked into the audience and saw women and men.

To her, it felt like something big was happening.

And I can do much more than this, I know.

To F, it was evidence that this kind of resistance works.

And while F understands just how brutal the regime can be, she has come to believe that the only answer to reform Iran's government is from within.

Which is why when the threat to the regime came from the outside, through the U.S.

and Israel, she was especially against it.

So, on that first morning, watching the strikes from her apartment window, F already had a clear opinion.

She's happy to learn that Ayatollah Khamenei was killed.

She even did a little dance.

And yet, she completely opposed the war.

While in Turkey, I asked Efe if she had ever thought about leaving Iran for good.

She said she had, many times in her life.