shockedcanadian
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Perhaps CBC is stsrting to come around on the Iranian regime, conveniently long after USA and Israel did the heavy lifting and risk in confronting their regime. It will not help our trade negotiations, America knows too much regarding the abuses we engage in; however, it may help our reputation to once in awhile stand against oppressive dictators. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iranians-feel-trapped-by-war-and-regime-9.7143682.
As the train car doors open after a 24-hour trip through the often mountainous terrain between Tehran and Van, a city in eastern Turkey, more than 250 Iranians begin filing out, carrying suitcases and, in some instances, rushing into the arms of waiting relatives.
Others, seeing a small group of journalists gathered with cameras, turn away or cover their faces with scarves.
Some smile politely and tell CBC News they are too afraid to speak, fearing anything they say could be seen as disloyal to the regime and lead to harsh punishment for family members back in Iran — or for themselves when they eventually return.
"It's a normal thing for the people to be nervous," said a 36-year-old who was travelling to Europe, where he had just finished his engineering studies.
"The government doesn't like people to talk about the situation."
CBC News is not identifying the man because he, like many Iranians, fears what he describes as a stifling climate of censorship and intimidation — one that risks becoming even more repressive as the United States and Israel continue their strikes and threaten to intensify them unless Tehran admits military defeat.
As the train car doors open after a 24-hour trip through the often mountainous terrain between Tehran and Van, a city in eastern Turkey, more than 250 Iranians begin filing out, carrying suitcases and, in some instances, rushing into the arms of waiting relatives.
Others, seeing a small group of journalists gathered with cameras, turn away or cover their faces with scarves.
Some smile politely and tell CBC News they are too afraid to speak, fearing anything they say could be seen as disloyal to the regime and lead to harsh punishment for family members back in Iran — or for themselves when they eventually return.
"It's a normal thing for the people to be nervous," said a 36-year-old who was travelling to Europe, where he had just finished his engineering studies.
"The government doesn't like people to talk about the situation."
CBC News is not identifying the man because he, like many Iranians, fears what he describes as a stifling climate of censorship and intimidation — one that risks becoming even more repressive as the United States and Israel continue their strikes and threaten to intensify them unless Tehran admits military defeat.
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