I have heard several mainstream media sources state that the opposition "hijacked" the protest from the regime since it was supposed to be anti-Israeli and not against the regime. Although this might be convenient to explain what is going on, it does not accurately reflect the true situation. It is in fact the regime that has hijacked the Iranian nation from the people of Iran.
Whatever the people want to protest is what the actual protest is about. People were using slogans like "My life belongs to neither Gaza or Lebanon - but Iran". The people want to protest the oppression of their government and that is what this protest was about. Like most people, Iranians want to see a fair resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the eventual creation of Palestinian state. Yet that does mean that Iranians do not care about their own nation or that their protest should not focus on their own suffering.
The Iranian people are standing up for their rights and using this rare opportunity to express themselves by showing how they real feel.
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