Yagina Torbati
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15 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 12 May
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I've been hearing from a lot of Iranians over the past month or so.
And I think for those who at one point supported some kind of military action, whether by the U.S.
or by Israel, because they opposed the government and wanted to see the government fall, there's been a lot of despondency at sort of what the last couple months have brought to Iran.
They have come to the conclusion that military action has only kind of made their situation worse inside Iran.
Job losses have started in the country, layoffs that are a direct result of both the damages of war and also the way the government has responded to war by shutting down the internet.
A lot of Iranians depend on the internet for their livelihoods.
They sell things on Instagram.
They advertise on Instagram.
You know, Iran once upon a time had a really flourishing tech sector.
That sector has been brought to its knees by this internet shutdown.
And that is all resulting in layoffs.
Food prices are through the roof.
People brought up the price of chicken, of cooking oil.
A couple people we spoke with raised the possibility that if they got to a point where they could not afford to feed their families, they would steal and that they had heard from others around them that that would happen, that they would do the same as well.
And so I think that for us to hear was a little bit chilling to think that, you know, that kind of disorder and chaos might come to Iran as a result of the pressure that people are under.
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