Hamed Mousavi: Not much sympathy with Israel

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Hamed Mousavi, a professor of political science at Tehran University, says nobody in Iran is listening to the Netanyahu regime’s message directed towards the Iranian people.

“We’re not seeing any sort of protests or riots [against the Iranian regime] on the streets of Tehran or other cities,” he said.

The analyst pointed out it is “hypocritical” of Prime Minister Netanyahu to talk about freeing the Iranian people “while bombing them at the same time”.

Mousavi noted the Israelis have been instrumental in persuading the United States to sanction Iran. “We know that the sanctions ultimately hurt the Iranian people, so there’s not much sympathy with the Israelis right now,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The attack [on Iran] was unprovoked and it took place at a time when nuclear negotiations with the Americans were progressing, at least relatively. Even Donald Trump had repeatedly said that things were moving forward. The [Israeli] bombing essentially killed that path.”