This article is reliable. The author is Farnaz Fassihi. She has solid Iranian elite sources. She has lived and worked in Iran, has covered the country for three decades and was a war correspondent in the Middle East for 15 years.
This article is reliable. The author is Farnaz Fassihi. She has solid Iranian elite sources. She has lived and worked in Iran, has covered the country for three decades and was a war correspondent in the Middle East for 15 years.
Don’t get me wrong, like the US, I don’t want to lump the civilian populations trying to survive with the govt. I think the article is trying to highlight, and to my point, that without stability from their leaders, they are seeing the humanity return in the vacuum of a stable and supportive govt. I agree that media here and abroad like to show their bias and seem to have a objective. It just feels like a lot of the internet and social media is aimed at division and dehumanization. In the absence of this global networked interconnectedness, the Iranian people are finding a joint purpose and reconnecting with their neighbors. They are doing what humans are known for doing across time, freely opening their homes and showing the kindness and unification needed when faced with an existential threat.
I don’t think we’d see something like that here while the internet and rage propaganda still runs!