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The majority of the people have been disillusioned with this regime. they have taken to the streets time and again asking for regime change. do khamenei, the other people that support him, do they really care if there's a low turnout? absolutely not. this was the case last time around. the election saw the lowest turnout in the history of the islamic republic. but it was not something that the irgc would care. and that's why ebrahim raisi was elected. he was a mid—ranking cleric with no higher education. and he showed it in his speeches. he didn't have any genuine ideas himself. he only carr...

And there's been a lot of bad blood between them? the syrian army was in lebanon up until 2005, when they withdrew, and some of the lebanese consider that lebanon was under syrian occupation, while others think that syria is a friend and was here to help lebanon. but also, to be fair to the situation, a lot of lebanese have very strong bonds to syrians as well. the people who feel, you know, the most cold in this situation are the refugees themselves, because from their perspective, they don't want to go to syria, they don't want to go back. either they can't go back, because they are from are...

He was accused of, you know, playing the european game of, you know, just take some money and keep the refugees in lebanon, be the kind of, you know, the coastguard of europe, and it has only contributed to fuel the tension. lebanon is such a fragile country. do you yourself think that lebanon can survive all this? when you speak to the refugees, you feel there are so many stories that are extremely heartbreaking, and you just wonder, "why can't it be that they're just staying here?" they're living here, they're not hurting anyone, why can't theyjust, you know... they're just people seeking no...

And you think this is a very small country, and then you see people telling you, you know, bigger countries, wealthy countries, they're not accepting to take any of this burden, and they're trying to lecture us about what we should do. so, you know, states, societies, they imitate each other, and at the moment, you know, in the generalfeeling around the world, there is this anti—refugee, you know, sentiment. it is not helping, and this is making all the insecurities of the lebanese becoming, you know, even worse. 20 years ago, the bbc security correspondent frank gardner was filming in saudi...

Disillusioned with this regime. they have taken to the streets time and again asking for regime change. do khamenei, the other people that support him, do they really care if there's a low turnout? absolutely not. this was the case last time around. the election saw the lowest turnout in the history of the islamic republic. but it was not something that the irgc would care. and that's why ebrahim raisi was elected. he was a mid—ranking cleric with no higher education. and he showed it in his speeches. he didn't have any genuine ideas himself. he only carried out the orders. and this was some...