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‘If I was in Iran, they’re going to kill me’ Telling her story for the first time, Nika says she spent much of her youth protesting against the Iranian regime. “I lost too much of my friends. They the Islamic Republic] killed them. And some of them are still in prison, she said tearfully. I know if I was in Iran, they’re going to kill me. Her story unfolds at a remarkable time in US-Iran relations. Earlier this year, Iran was rocked by widespread anti-government protests. The regime launched an unprecedented crackdown, killing thousands. President Donald Trump encouraged protesters to take over your institutions and said, help is on its way. On the last day of February, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacking targets across the country. Nika followed the events closely from the United States. She allowed herself to hope it might mean the end of the Iranian regime, and a return home. In reality her fate had already been decided.

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