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If you talk to my grandma who doesn’t go out much and doesn’t hear much about the unrest (it’s never on the news or anything), then she’ll tell you everything’s like how it always has been… no change. But if you talk to the younger people or just people who follow politics and what’s going on more, then they will say there is definitely an atmosphere of both fear and resistance in all the major cities of Iran, not just Tehran, and that even if nothing comes of everything that’s happening, at least the world will know that Iranians are unhappy with their government and that the Iranian government is not representative of the Iranian people.

One of my cousins is married to a Bazari and he said him and all his Bazari friends are pro change/pro Mousavi. But they aren’t as vocal about this as they might want to be because they are scared of the government coming and closing down their business. To them, providing for their families is more important than fighting for something that’s so unsure.

I just got back from a village trip. I asked around about what people thought about Iran’s political situation and most people were pro Ahmadinejad. Also, most of them didn’t know about the protests and stuff going on.

There are still shouts of Allah-o-Akbar at 10:15 every night, which last until 10:30, but they have significantly decreased. I do it with my cousins every now and then. This is how it goes: we go to the roof once we hear one or two yells at around 10:15. Then we sit by a wall so that no one can see us and we yell. Allah-o-Akbar starts off the yelling. And it’s cool because you can hear it from all around, but you can’t see anyone since there is a rumor that snipers go on top of rooftops to shoot anyone they see doing it. Then someone starts it off and the yelling switches to “Marg bar dictator” (Death to the dictator). Then again someone else changes it to “Ya Hossein,” with another person responding “Mirhossein” (This is obviously the name of Mousavi).