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Iranian activists want the West to stop legitimizing Iran's regime

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Iranian activists want the West to stop legitimizing Iran's regime

French President Emmanuel Macron recently got flak for shaking the hand of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi. In part to smooth things over, Macron agreed to meet with dissidents — including journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.Her message to him and the West in general? Recall your ambassadors from Iran and don't return to the 2015 nuclear deal. "The only thing can make [the regime] survive [is] the US government and its allies to get back to the deal," Alinejad tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

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