While the path to regime change in Iran remains frustratingly unclear, some Iranians stand ready to take up arms after decades of authoritarian rule, an Iranian man inside the war zone told NBC News in a rare interview.
War is raging on in the Middle East and continues to intensify after last weekend U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and left a power vacuum where the cleric once ruled with an iron fist. Iranians are on edge about what may come next. Many are desperate for a democracy. And some, though not all, are willing to risk their lives for it. Whether they would have the support of the United States and where would they get weapons from are open questions.
“Enough is enough,” the man told NBC News national correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian. “Either freedom or death.”
The young man, whose identity NBC News is protecting, said the Iranian people have the will
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