“To the whole world, I have a message from Iran . . . This war is not our choice. We are not supporting it. But we feel that Israel is supporting us, caring about us . . . We are hostages here.” The face of the Iranian woman in the viral video from late June is masked under a black headwrap; only her eyes remain uncovered. Her voice is resolute, her words sharp, and her English flawless. “Help us because we cannot stand against them with bare hands . . . We are scared not from Israel and the United States but from our own regime.”
The unknown woman is one of the many thousands who have declared their solidarity with the United States and Israel in trying to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program. To the surprise of many Iran watchers a “rallying around the flag” did not happen during the nation’s