dear Anita

were you watching football match ?france vs argentina ?haha , streets were empty here , just women were doing some glocery shopping .

most of what you listed here (3-5: the value of money, cost of living, home ownership) is happening all over the world for regular people (people not in the position of privilege and power), but in some countries more than in other countries. i agree , but i doubt they have such an increase in prices in a very short time AND a lot of them have more freedom than ours

It is a shame that there is no way to make it happen… they are some people who actually benefit from the regime and there are people who cant risk losing more , i dont think im in position to judge people who are not protesting , because i myself am a pessimist in this matter , nothing got better from political point of you during my life time , the new president was always worse than the last , with one exception . but in last 10 years , the economy in iran went down to hell  , the cost of living increase 20 times more expensive . i sincerely hope like anyone that someone would change , im not hopeful though.

farnaz