Iranians Speak Out Against Evil Regime

What's one thing about Iranians that you want more people to know about or the world one thing that's misunderstood about Iranians? — That we are Persian. We're not. We have nothing to do with the Islamic government. So, a lot of people when they hear Iran, they think of the Islamic Republic. But we want the world to know the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic of Iran. They're two different separate things. — That we are not our government for one, and also that it's going to sound Islamophobic, but we are not Muslim most of the time. So, — hey mate, how are you? — I'm following you from the UK. — Oh, really? — I didn't know you're in Paris. — You want to be on the Aussie man channel? — Yeah. What's one thing about Iranians that you want the world to know more about? Uh, we have a deep culture and we are different than what other protests you can see. We want peace to come back to Middle East. We need to get rid of this regime. — That's all I can tell. — The Islamic Republic of Iran. — Yeah. Do you think it's good calling it Islamic Republic of Iran? Does it feel watered down when people say Iranian regime? — No. It's not the Iranian regime. We are two different things. All right. As Mark Rubio, the American secretary said, there has never been so much of a gap between people and the regime. And that's we can see they're not us. And that's why you see 10 million people outside, not because we want to be out, because we have to go out. That we're peaceful people. We're just like everyone else. And we love to have fun. We like to swear. We like to drink. And we just want to be like everyone else. But we haven't been able to cuz everything's been messed up lately. People are getting killed. People who've had dreams. People who wanted to have live a normal life. drink and be able to swear and just have fun and not harm anyone. And they all died. — We're the kindest, gentlest, sweetest people who deserve better. We deserve better than this regime. — Thank you for your support. — No worries. You're speaking out against the government today against the Islamic Republic of Iran. for the last 47 years already. I was a kid when revolution happened and now I got gray hair that I color and I'm saying the same thing and I hope you're listening. We need support. Please help us. — Revolution as in 1979 when it became an Islamic revolution and they came into power. Correct. So you were a kid when that happened? — Yes, I was six. — And your parents left the country with you? No, I escaped by myself. — Yes. — Yeah. Wow. — Story. — Okay. No worries. How long have you lived in Australia for? — Since 93. — Yeah. — For a long time. The maps. Yes. — What do you love most about living here? — Freedom. You can choose anything. You can be anything you want to be. You can be success. You can be a failure. You can be anyone you want to be. No one tell you what to do, what to say, what to think, what religion to have, what political views to have. Appreciate Australia. We love Australia. — Mercy as his am. What's um what's one thing about Iranians that you want the world to know that you think they don't know much about or you think is misunderstood? Yeah, I feel like the first thing misunderstood is Islam the main or majority of people's Iranian people's religion which is not. Um so when I moved to Australia the first question by default was um so you're from Iran and you're Muslim and the answer is no. Um unfortunately 47 years of Islam being almost forced on our people on our country and see what happened to our country. So that would be the first thing that I would say it's misunderstood about Iranian people and the second is how much we are peaceful because again in the you know media outlets it's all they all hear about the Islamic regime of Iran but they don't know people of Iran it's different it's Islamic regime and it's the people of Iran and we just want peace and freedom like just the normal human being we want to be able to walk our dogs and that's literally forbidden in Iran. It's illegal to walk dogs in Iran. — It is illegal to like my auntie had a dog and they told her if we see you walk your dog, we'll shoot your dog and you have to pay for the bullet. — Is it illegal for women to sing in public? — Yes. So the um women's voice basically as per Islamic law, Sharia is uh is not allowed. So um we are not allowed to sing, ride

motorbikes, we are not allowed to um like there for a very long time we were not allowed to be prime minister, presidents any higher um kind of rank um in politics as well. — And are women allowed to show their hair in public? Come on. This is a slam done. — I mean come on, we all know answer to that. Yeah. If I go out like this um in Iran, that'll be the last time I'll be seen um on the face of the earth. So, um just everything that you feel like it's normal life like going for a like, you know, put your hair up and go for a run in the morning, you can't do that. Take your dog for a walk, you can't do that. Um and I can the list goes on and on. Iranian people are lovely people. Uh they're very different to the Islamic Republic regime. Islamic Republic regime has taken Iranians hostage. we are hostages in our own homeland and we are trying our uh you know the best to take our country back. — I think there's a lot of diversity in the expat media and it's like a big country and it's an old country so it's had many people come through and be in there and you know it's many films from many empires so I mean it's good to see a lot of unity just broader from the larger community but it seems to have like divided people online a bit so I feel there's a — what doesn't it doesn't So like the whole left verse right is sort of pulled into you know its own sort of divisions which is that's bothered me a bit but besides that I'm hoping there'll be a good unity push. Why do you think this movement feels somewhat isolating to be a part of? It feels like there's a lot of people that are asleep at the wheel with what's happening. — Yeah. Well, unfortunately with today's uh you know uh we would say agenda for the human rights activists they if you don't fit into their agenda and into their scope of work let's say they just uh try to ignore you. There are so many uh women's right activists that absolutely ignored us with you know because the topic is about the compulsory hijab. Um uh they just totally want to um you know brush it under the rug and they don't want to say anything about the moolas who are oppressing us and who are enforcing the hijab and Islam barbaric Islamic rules. I I think what we are uh facing these days is like um a new face of a Islamic uh regime that is like kind of a Nazi regime. I mean it's supports it's like they kill people on the streets, they follow them to hospital, they do the final shot on hospitals, they keep people in prison and they torture them and there's no limit on what they are capable of doing. — So the thing about Iranian is they want to break out of the shell. They want to know about other cultures. They want to know. But the Iranian regime keep them limited. It filters everything out. But Iranians the ones they don't want to be in it. They're happy to know about other cultures. They want to um extend their knowledge, their culture. They rot if they stay in it. And that's what Iran regime does. It's an evil regime. I lived in Iran 31 years of my life. and every day he was deaf. It was like it's um it's like you're in jail. It's worse for women. It's suffering and Iranian regime keeping Iranian people trapped. — I mean the people who are living in Iran unfortunately they are suffering quite heavily. It's easy to live your life in a beautiful country like Australia and be completely naive to what's going on overseas. But I think as humanity. We really have to tap into the suffering that's happening unfortunately abroad and the people that are being murdered and the lack of obviously freedom and voice they have to say the simplest thing we take for granted you know in Australia. So if it's anything it would be to say the suffering unfortunately and for them to be heard. I think all we want to everybody know that all we want is a freedom and it's just we choose what we want to happen in Iran and it's just so different what is on the media and what you actually see here is just so different but we want everybody to cover the truth not what they want to just show from Iran and I think that's all we want pretty much. — Have you lived under the Islamic Republic of Iran regime in Iran before? Yeah. I moved to Australia about 25 years ago, but yeah, I live there and I know the trauma. I know what people mean through and it's unbelievable. My husband in Australia and I was telling him, we were just talking about the numbers of the death and everything. And he was, oh, it may not be true. And I was like, you don't know what they're capable of. Like they do what they can. And so, yeah.

— Yeah. Truth be told, my wife is Iranian. We've been together 12 years. So, I've learned a lot. And yeah, the stories you guys have childhood and growing up there, it sounds insanely restrictive. Yeah. — Sometimes he doesn't get it because he never lived there, but you need to be I radiant and you need to live there to know the trauma and to know they do whatever to save themselves. So, yeah, it's actually true. What a — do you think it can help the world at large if Islamic Republic of Iran is gone? — Oh, 100% 100%. It will make a huge difference and for us living abroad. At least we can go back and visit our family and friends and not to be worried. We live in two different world now and then we all we here we live in a safety but all we are we worried constantly for the last few months. All we do is just constantly checking on Instagram worrying about our friends and family there. We still half of us live there. So it would make a huge difference for sure. — Nice. Well, thanks so much for talking to me. I really appreciate it. — Nice to meet you. — All right. We are first and foremost we're not Muslim. We are Iranian. We got nothing to do with Islam. We are supporting a peace. We want to have our own country peaceful and going back to the way it was. This current regime is not what we want. It's not representing us and it's not representing our culture and our values. Our values is what you see here. It's not what it is there and it's sh it bring shame to the government and to the rest of the people like UN who sending the congratulation just couple of days ago and it's just it bring anger to people but as you can see there's a different between this protest and other protest and I think that's important to see and witness and view by other people. We're here for better life but hopefully this whole sorted out we can actually go back to where we come from like you know call the place home but again Australia welcome us we are we see it as a home and it's just a second home to us as you see carrying our Australia flag as well so — what do you love most about Australia — oh food the beer the travel — can't drink beer in tan yeah — oh no actually that's another fact so wine is originally there from there. So we are actually beer and wine is great part of our culture and it's always has been and always will be. — So we are fighting for freedom at the moment to be honest and it's very sad because I see the lefties support the propestine they support the Russia war with Ukraine but they are completely silent about Iran. We had not just in Australia everywhere in Canada 150,000 people in minus 8 they just came to the street and just chanting our king and uh just cry out for the freedom but no main media doesn't support that one. If you see most of us have the king's picture and trying to go with this flag. This is the if you look at the Iranian flag it's a different — the line in the sun. Yeah. — Yes. This one is the before the Islamic revolution. So that's the thing you are saying. You said I said one thing but I said five minutes. — That's okay. You were thorough. I understand there's a lot of frustrations. What's one thing about Iranians that you want the world to know that you feel they don't know or is misunderstood? — I would say first of all that they're not Muslim originally. That's not Zerestrians. We're peaceful. We come from a peaceful background. We're some of the most kind, welcoming people. We're going to overfeed you. we're going to love you all the time. And it's just we're one I don't know. We're just very different. But it's very misrepresented in the media. — The Iranian people are very different to their government, which is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Yeah. — Yeah. Oh, 100%. That's completely different that they're not even honestly Iranians. It's very different. — Did you spend any time growing up there — I did I was there for 6 years. — Yeah. And how was it as a woman living under the Islamic Republic? — I was a child. I was very little and they were so strict. I remember cuz I was always very taller. So they'd be like, "Oh, you have to cover up. Like, you have to cover. " My parents would be like, "She's not even at the age of covering up. " Mind you, the age that you're meant to cover up in Iran is 9 years old. That's the age that they say you can hit puberty and now you can actually be sexually desirable by men. So that's why you have to cover up. And as soon as my parent they were telling me, you have to cover up. At like 7 years old, my parents were like, "No, we're taking her out of this place for children. " That was for children. Where did you move to after that? — Uh, we went to the US for a couple years. — I can hear the accent. — And then um and then we moved to Perth. So we've been here for 18 19 years now.

— Nice. And what do you love most about Australia? — Oh, it's very peaceful. The people are very nice. It's very peaceful. It's beautiful honestly. Like with everything that's going on around the world as well, you're just kind of like we're very lucky and grateful to be here. — Oh, we what people don't know about Iranians is not the image that's being portrayed by the regime. We're friendly people. We are not out there to fight anyone. We don't want to hurt anyone. Uh we actually genuinely want there to be world peace. Uh we welcome all support. We hate ayatas more than anything else in this world. And that's it. — That's [ __ ] succinct. — That's it. One sentence. We hate ayatas. Just get [ __ ] out of that country. — How long have you lived in Australia for? uh 10 years about 10 years yeah very welcoming uh real love is my like the home now but some roots is still there and when I see the people suffering from that ayatas I can take it and something in my side like any other human just feeling they need some help from anyone that can feel that pain from the people was there one thing specifically that made you move out and move to Australia. Oh, the freedom. The freedom being yourself. Can explain yourself can uh not acting any h under any circumstance for the thing that governed you, that ruled you, that limited your thought, limited your life. But yeah, you want to be yourself in any case in your life, in your works. So yeah definitely it's one of the good thing one of the best thing and I think all people living in Australia should be appreciated and they don't know how luxury is still feel that kind of historical fabric regime that you can't understand you can imagine such pressure from the people in this century from the other people and Yeah. I really love the support from Australia. It's my country now, but still got some uh something to do with my original country that I learned there. — All right, Bubba. All right. And what's this legend's name? — Uh Choco. — Do not go walking on the streets in Tran, please. Choco. Not until the revolution's done. — Yeah. — All right. Well, lovely talking to you, mate. And yeah, thanks so much. — Cheers. Actually, you I texted you on Instagram. — Hey. All right. Nice. I've replied to a few. — Yeah. I saw that. It's awesome. Good. — Oh, yeah. You said you're going to cook for me. — Oh, yeah. We're going to cook. — What are you going to cook me? — I'll cook traditional Persian dishes. — Livia Polo. — Livia. He knows. He knows Livia Polo. — He knows. This guy knows. — Fess. — I'm going to cook fessun. one masabzi. Have you heard of that? — I have heard of that. — I'm going to cook. — Hey. — Yes. — Oh, yes. He knows — Dy good though. — My accent's not bad. Yeah, — it's amazing. — Yeah, my accent's pretty My wife's Iranian, so — Oh, there you go. — Boom. Mic drop. — That's awesome. — Yeah. — Oh my gosh. — What's uh what's one thing about Iranians that you want the world to know that you think they don't know or is misunderstood? — I think when people think about Iran, they think about the government and the way it's portrayed on the media and all the politics and stuff. If you move past that, Iranians are so friendly. They're so welcoming. They'll always invite you to the homes. They'll always cook for you. They'll always make you feel like a guest. And they'll always treat you right. Iranians are some of the most amazing people you'll ever meet. And if you do get a chance to say hi to them, they'll always give you a good time. — And were you How long have you lived in Australia for? — I've actually lived here almost my whole life. — All right. — Um but my Your accent's Australian, too. This is a big mashup going. — I know. I I've only been there a few times, but my parents were both from Iran and they came here uh just a couple years before I was born. And I've always wanted to go there and see the country and, you know, see where my ancestors are from and see what it means to really be Iranian. How kind of a people we are. We are the most open and most loving people you'll ever meet on the planet. We treat everyone exactly the same. There's no difference. Like you could obviously like if a person came, there's be a bit of a difference there. But like everyone in our eyes is the same. There's no you come from this family, you're this. that. It's just all the same. You're all human. You're all one person. — Have you ever grown up in Islamic Republic of Iran?

— I was fortunate enough to be born and grown up here. I had gone back many times. Most of my family is over there. I've got maybe five cousins here. And um when I was younger, I never really realized the severity of the actual regime. I never realized how bad my family had it. Um especially my like my female cousins and my aunties. I never realized how oppressed they were as a people. And I thought it was just normal. But then growing up here, I'm seeing how women are able to speak freely. They're able to do all the things they want to do. They able to work the careers they want. They aren't forced to be married, per se, or forced into something they don't want to do. And over there, I've got many cousins that were forced to do things they didn't want to do. They're forced to wear a hijab even though they don't want to wear it. They're forced to cover up their clothes. They're forced to not wear makeup to make themselves feel good and look good. They have to hide themselves from the public. them who they really are. So like I'm very lucky to be brought up in a country like Australia. — Yeah. What's it like when you've been back there? Is it jarring for you? Like having to be aware that there's that oppression going around? When I was there last I was maybe 14, 15. And that's when it really hit me that like, wow, these people are not having a nice time. They will put on laughs cuz I'm their cousin. They'll put on laughs. They'll put smiles on, but deep down in their heart, I know these guys are crying. A clear desperation. Just like, "Stop this. Get me out of here. The issue at the moment that we have is the human rights. It's not about monarchy. It's not about the kingdom. It's not about anything. We want the terroristic regime to go and we want democratic Iran to come. We support Resi because he is the person that is our leader and he supporting the democratic transition first. Secondly, his background showed us his family's background showing us that he's the trustable person. he and his father, his mother, his families and his what they have done to our country is what he trust. So that's why we believe that he can be our leader. That's a one of the things. Another thing that I want everybody in the board to know is we really want the rest of the board to support this transition. I give you example. I get a lot of questions from my Aussie friends or non-Iranian friends. They asking me why do you want American to attack Iran? And they say haven't you seen what happened to Iraq? Afghanistan? First answer to them, yes we have seen it, but you don't know the Iranian regime inter 2 years after America was there. That's why you haven't seen Iraq to get to the Democratic transition because Iran's — the Islamic Republic of Iran [ __ ] it up. They gone there and they influenced the transition. You don't see that but we know what they did. — Do you think their influence is bigger than lots of people know about? — Yes, they have a big influence. What they do they go through the mosques they influ they brainwash the children when they grow today 181 19 they believe the way that they believe and that's the most dangerous. Do you think outside military intervention is needed? — Absolutely. We are fighting with our bare hands to the bullets. How can we win this regime? Imagine there they may they may have just 15% of the whole population with them, but they have the guns and they have the weapons. They can mass weather all the other 75% or 85% of the population with that guns. And so we need support. We need international support and international military inter intervention. Right now as we speak, people are being dead in prisons at their home. They invade people's home, shot them without ex without any trial, without anything. They just kill them. They just execute them for no reason. So, we need it as soon as possible. — Thanks so much for talking to me. I really appreciate it. Cheers. — Oh, yeah. Nice. Yeah. You get a rose. — I want to give it to you, actually. — No, yours. No, no. I'll do tariff. No, no. Yours. It's yours. Have you ever lived under the Islamic Republic of Iran regime? — I have. I have done the highest school.

I've done the trauma of education through university, the ATR equivalent. Um, but I left. I have been I've been here for 35 years. I haven't been back for 25. — I don't see. — Is it sad? — And until the government is gone. Is it sad to have not gone back for that long? — Yeah. Well, that's the thing. When you go back and you see all these gunfism while they can actually serve the people. So, it's mismanagement. Uh basically you cannot call it that they don't know if they know the foreign policy how to spend the money they should be spending the money inside first and looking after their own people. — I've heard people call the Islamic Republic of Iran the head of the octopus when it comes to funding terrorism and all of that. So do you think it would help the world at large if this government is gone? — It will be a safer world in one word. We will have a safe life. Yeah. There is nothing you can actually u it's like a octopus uh head that you don't know when it's going to hit you. It's a layers within layers. So if they disappear we will have a safer life. — We are not Islamic Republic. We are not that regime. We are human being. We love everyone. We don't want war. — Same as comra says yeah we want make Iran great as before my previous. Did you guys grow under grow up under the Islamic Republic? — Yes. — Yep. — I was alive. — What's that? — Yeah, that was difficult. Definitely difficult for help to say because being there just uh they dictate everything for you. How to have hijab how to do and when we came here for the first time when I just had we swim together in a beach that was a great feeling because in Iran you are not allowed to go with each other. — Even you're married. So there are so many things. If I want to talk, I can talk. Like 40 years. — Yeah. — Was there one specific thing that made you guys leave Iran? How long have you been in Australia? — 7 years. — It's like more. — Yeah. 8 years now. The most and important thing was I said or we said we are living once. Why we are just living our life here? Then they are just dictating everything. I was working for government in health department. Whatever I was just saying that was just covered by what they want to uh follow. They said no you're opening that shop you're closing this shop everything from small things to big things you have to follow them otherwise they don't want you so we said you know we are living once we just want freedom so we just came here but we always support Iran Iranian people freedom and we are here to support that one again — and you guys are you for resi or against — resi is Iranian — so I'm just saying I'm yeah we support him — he is just if I wanted to say I don't want any monarchy but if I wanted to say in general he is leading everyone for to win and just concur. So that we are supporting him for sure. — Do you think it's important to be unified on that? — Yes that's why I'm here. — Yeah for sure. — Nice. Anything else you want to say that you want people to know? — Thanks for being Iranian's voice and we just want for know about Iran and be familiar what we want. We are not terrorists. The regime is. And that's the difference between Iranian people and our regime. — Yeah. And another thing is when we are talking about 36,000, 40,000, 90,000 people, they are not numbers. They are live. They were stories that we never hear. They couldn't just end to what they planned to. So that's different things. So we just wanted to see when we say 36,000 to 40 this is 5,000 people we are talking 5,000 lives. So that's important to understand when we feel that pain you other people in entire world they must feel that one as well because if that pain is not here hope not if it's not here doesn't mean I'm not going to feel it. Why we shouldn't ask America or whoever, let's say Finland, let's say Sweden to come and help us. If the domestic violence happens in your area, do you want police to interface or you going to say no, it's not my area. I say privacy. No, you want some. You might go and talk first day, you go and talk to the person say why you doing that? But after a couple of times after you see the children getting beaten — after 47 years children getting beaten everything you start saying no we want somebody and guess what UN goes there it's like a police oh we

not going to do anything they go they left that's why we want a bully let's say this let's say if America is a bully that's fine we want the bully to go there and help us to get rid of this regime that is what we want we don't care who Because whoever goes there, we know the future going to be better than what we have now. That is the biggest thing that I always give this example to my Aussie friends. Think about the domestic violence. And how you think about that? How you feel about that? That's what happened to us. And guess what? We Iranian here. We are the children of that house, grow up, could leave the house. And we are telling you the what we believe there, what we felt there. That is what I'm trying to explain to my Aussie friends and say please help us. This is not about America coming to Iran. It's not about oil. You have oils everywhere. America has oils in Venezuela. America produce more oils than everybody in the world. But of course Iran located in a really important place. That's why China, Russia, all political things is happening. But we really want to think about human rights. Let's forget about what's happening with politics. Let's think about people are getting killed. We say 80,000 people. Government says 3,000 people. It is numbers. It is not numbers. Sorry. It's not numbers of one or two or three. We are not talking about numbers. We are talking about your brother, my sister, my auntie. And if you add it up since 1979, who knows what the number is? Yeah. All these head of the government, they steal Iranian money. They steal Iranian money to finance terrorist group like Hamas and Hezbollah. the steal Iranian money to have their children to live in Canada, America, England, Australia, not following any of their rules. People are fed up. — Have you grown up under the Islamic Republic for a while? I am from the time that I was 19 when revolution happened. — The Islamic revolution. You were 19. — I was n 18. 1819. And I lived under there regime for 4 years while it was the Iran and Iraq war was which saved that bloody government. So, I've been in Australia most of my life and because I experienced living through the shaft tank and living through this horrible regime. I can give you this. It's like you wake up one morning and they take you 100 years back. So it felt like that Iranian people are a smart people. This time we are going to win. I am talking uh as a Australian. — I'm Iranian Australian. I'm support Iranian but I live in this free beautiful country. This time they going to win. If outside help comes — The people are going to win. And if we get the help from America, European Union, it would be less bloodshed. History going to judge everyone. And I'm very proud of Australia. We are the country that kicked the their representative out of Iran, closed the embassy. — Right back in November 2025, we closed the Islamic Republic embassy in Canra. — And I'm proud we are the country that I love. — You think the Aussie government can do more? — Is always can be done more. Always can — What would you like to see them do? something from bottom of my heart which is very hard for them to do. Seize the money of the children and of the Islamic Republic big bosses. We know they are here. We know who they are. We know how they got their money through the blood of that money should be taken off them. go to Iran, spend in Australia for the services, not

not to give it to them. That's what I But it's just, you know, — it's okay. I want you to get your request out there. You Why do you get your request out? — But it's some it's not that easy to go. Oh, you know, I'm going to get your money. But the more is just put more pressure on Iran. We close the embassy. They announced that SEPA is terrorist group. There is still more. Well, I think you're going to have lived a pretty amazing life having lived there in the time of the sha during Islamic Republic and hopefully after Islamic Republic. Do you think about that? — Oh, every second. Yeah. And I'm really really appreciate all the Aussie people that they are supporting Iranian people. Thank you. As a Iranian Australian, I'm really humbled to see the people like you that support us. — No worries. Lovely to meet you. Thanks so much. — Cheers. — I think this is really great. I've never I've lived in Australia for 27 years and this is the only time that I'm believing with my own eyes that good things are happening for Iranian people because as you know we're really misunderstood and because of the media and lack of information even in Australia after nearly coming to a month and a half of all this nonsense happening people still don't know what's going on and even I had people asking me what's going on here and they thought it was connected to pro Palestinians which I'm not against but at the same time. The whole Middle East region is a big puzzle for people in in the West. — How much of an impact does the Islamic Republic of Iran have on the Middle East? — A lot. Obviously, because of their funding terrorism groups and everything that they do to survive and stay for as long as they can. And look, we've tried everything. I personally came to Australia because I was forced to follow certain rules against my religion to be able to go to university. So when I was in my 20s, I came here to make a life. And I'm very happy here. But what makes me really happy is to see that my people back in my birth country is also happy. So, as long as you and everybody who's got a platform can be out there and help us be seen for what we really truly are, that's amazing. — So, you grew up under the Islamic Republic? — Yes. I did my exams in the shelters during Iran and Iraq war and I was forced to wear hijab and um when I got entrance to the university I was told you have to pass certain ideology exams before you get entrance and that's when my dad funded me to come here and um obviously I came here and I did everything I could to make a good life and I've been supporting my family as well. — What's the first thing you're going to do once Iran is free? I'll take my son who's born in Perth to Iran to see my family and show him Iran and I'll celebrate with my people in Iran. — Clips of yours are the destination ones. Thanks. — That's a popular one. — Good. But those — we are peaceloving people and we are currently imprisoned by a regime that doesn't represent the majority or even a noticeable minority of the people. Yeah, I think yeah, the world should know that about Iranians. Yeah. — How long has that been going on? — Uh 47 years pretty much. Yeah. Since the revolution happened and this regime just took over, hijacked and they've just Yeah. controlled everything and people's every aspect of people's lives and they don't care what pe what the people themselves actually want and you've seen what they've done to the e economy, the culture of the great people of Iran. So yeah, very — Have you personally lived under the Islamic Republic before? — Yeah. Yeah, I was born there. I grew up there. Um, moved here as a kid, but yeah, I've always been connected to my homeland. And we all kind of Iranians here, the diaspora. We're all just, I think, counting down to the day where we can go back and live and, you know, build towards our homeland hopefully. Yeah. — How long have you been in Australia? Sorry. — Oh, moved here in 91 or two. Yeah. For so since I was 9 years old. Was there a specific reason you had to leave or it was just broadly a feeling of hopelessness? — Yeah, just basically a lot of people just decided that it's not worth staying anymore because there's just so many things against you there economically as I said culturally it's so much more difficult to build a good life there and you have to live two lives really in Iran. One where in public where the regime might see and one in private which is the life that most people want to live and is their real life. Yeah. — Right. What do you love most about living in Australia?

— Uh, freedom. Freedom of speech. And um, probably secondly, the beaches. — Nice. Freedom in beaches. Lovely to chat to you, mate. Thanks so much. — Great. Huge fan. — Thanks, man. Appreciate it. — My husband's Persian and so I speak to his family a lot. They're still there in Iran and they're stuck there. — Truth be told, my wife's Iranian, so high five for that. — Yeah. I'm actually a Kiwi, so — Ah, nice. Yeah. — So, you've learned a lot. — Yes. Yeah. For the last I've been married to him for the last like 9 10 years almost. And I speak to his family on a regular basis, sometimes daily. Um Yeah. Every second day. Um Yeah. So, I hear lots of stuff from his family and what they're suffering over there. Yeah. So, people don't really know that. — What are some of the stories you've heard from his family? Well, actually a personal story is of him when he um was running when he was around 25 years old and um who was kidnapped off the streets. Uh I forget the name of the their policing. It's like they're not actually — besiege. — Yeah. They're the ones. Yeah. And um he was just running and they kidnapped him off the street, held him for half a day in a like a prison cell, beat him and then just dropped him off on the doorstep after. — Absolutely no explanation. — No explanation. He was doing the right thing. He wasn't breaking any laws. that just, you know, giving power to people who um don't Yeah. don't deserve it, don't need it. It's just really gross. So, he um just for not even following the practices over there that they're forced to, he had people knocking on the doorstep threatening his life. So, he actually come here as a refugee to escape from there cuz it wasn't safe for him. — We spent 27 years of our lives there. We have been in Australia for 15 years and uh so yeah, we have seen it all. We have grown up there. We have seen everything from the pressure they put on the children in the schools to when you go to university and you still are under pressure constantly by the regime and their proxies and all of that. So we have felt it all and that's why we are here today to show solidarity with people of Iran because we know what they're going through and we just want to make sure that we get our freedom back, kick them out and have Iran back essentially. — What was it like being a woman growing up in Islamic Republic? It was really hard especially like being a woman like uh always like being checked by the morality police or like the um it wasn't like a security and every time we need we needed to be checked and um for our hijab or whatever and um it was really hard even when we were like when I was like going to work as an intern um I had so much like um difficulties and um yeah I went through a lot of um u dramas with Yeah. — You guys want to say anything in/py to the Iranians back in Iran? I'm Chinese. speech. Foreign speech.