After months of war, Iranians sink into disillusionment and despair

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People shop for produce at the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran on June 2.

People shop for produce at a bazaar in Tehran. After devastating strikes and amid a teetering ceasefire, hopes of an end to oppressive theocratic rule have been dashed.

PHOTO: AFP

Farnaz Fassihi

TEHRAN - When Israel and the US attacked Iran in late February, some Iranian opponents of the Islamic republic hoped that it would bring an end to decades of theocratic rule they saw as oppressive.

Now, after devastating strikes and amid a teetering ceasefire, those hopes have been snuffed out.

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