Iran triggered public outrage by killing protesters. Has Soleimani's death changed everything?
Two months ago, when Iranian security forces brutally and swiftly clamped down on protests that were sweeping Iran, Samira Heshemi thought nothing could drown out cries for revolt in a nation reeling with economic hardship and deepening animosity toward a regime that has long repressed its citizens.
The 27-year-old Tehran-based writer, who had just started a business, felt that change was on the horizon. It was the moment she had spent years waiting for. But it was short lived.
The U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani - the consequences of which are reverberating across the Middle East - has stifled the momentum for rebellion in Iran.
"I was thinking that this is exactly the thing against democracy that we were all fighting for in Iran," she said. "I'm
