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I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Tuesday, May 12.

Here's what we're covering.

I've been hearing from a lot of Iranians over the past month or so.

And I think for those who at one point supported some kind of military action,

whether by the U.S. or by Israel, because they opposed the government and wanted to see the

government fall, there's been a lot of despondency at sort of what the last couple months have

brought to Iran. They have come to the conclusion that military action has only kind of

made their situation worse inside Iran. My colleague, Yagina Torbati, has been speaking with Iranians

about what life is like on the ground there now. She's been able to reach people through text

messages and voice memos in the brief windows when they can get an internet connection. She says

people who oppose the regime say the government has only become more hardline and more

entrenched since the war began, and the conditions in their everyday lives are deteriorating.

Job losses have started in the country layoffs that are a direct result of both the damages

of war and also the way the government has responded

to war by shutting down the internet. A lot of Iranians depend on the internet for their livelihoods.

They sell things on Instagram. They advertise on Instagram. You know, Iran once upon a time

had a really flourishing tech sector. That sector has been brought to its knees by this internet shutdown,

and that is all resulting in layoffs. Food prices are through the roof. People brought up the

price of chicken, of cooking oil. A couple people we spoke with raised the possibility that if they got

to a point where they could not afford to feed their families, they would steal

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