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What Iranians think of the US and their own government

  • Written by Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Protesters during a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran on Jan. 12.AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

After the Trump administration killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with a drone strike on Jan. 3, anti-American protests in Iran subsequently spiked, with thousands mourning Soleimani’s passing.

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