"I feel no attachment whatsoever to this system. Not only do I have no interest in it, I actually hate it. You just have to stand in some corner and wait for something to come out of the sky at any moment and hit you, and you drop dead as if you had never existed."
"I don't think at all that now, through war, the system is suddenly going to change and then America is going to come and establish democracy for us. You'd have to be an idiot to think that."
In Iran, compulsory military service strips men of basic rights, forcing them into dangerous roles. Behzad, a conscript, expresses his disdain for the regime and the absurdity of his situation. He feels no attachment to the system and believes that the ongoing war will not lead to meaningful change. Instead, he anticipates a deal between parts of the regime and foreign powers, dismissing the idea that democracy will be established through external intervention. His experiences reflect the fear and hopelessness faced by many in similar positions.
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