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Letters: My Iranian friends hate the mullahs and want them to be got rid of

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

Iran’s hated regime

Sir: I disagree with the analysis of Christopher de Bellaigue (‘Trump’s folly’, 12 May). The Iranians I know, well aware of the hardship caused by sanctions, nevertheless welcome them as a demonstration of international condemnation of the Tehran regime. The idea that the Iranian people would rally round the mullahs in the face of disapproval by the West is wrong.

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