STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
We've heard plenty of debate in the United States over the U.S. agreement with Iran. Vice President Vance has defended the agreement in many interviews. Some Republicans have cast it as a surrender, even if they originally supported the war. Some Democrats have said it's a terrible deal yet still better than Trump's war. Now, we'll sample opinions from Israel and Iran. We reached two Iranians, both of whom asked us not to use their full names out of fear of retribution. V is in his 30s and lives in Tehran.
V: I think a lot of people here are just relieved. Most people are just so fed up with this uncertainty for the past year that they just hope that the final agreement is reached and life gets back to normal.
INSKEEP: While he welcomes an end to the fighting, he says many others are skeptical that it will last.
V: People on both sides of the spectrum still believe that this is a trap, and the U.S. is going to buy some time and maybe find another excuse after the World Cup or after the midterm elections in the U.S. and start bombing Iran again.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
So that's a voice from Tehran. Mehraz is in the northern city of Qazvin. He is a writer in his 40s.
MEHRAZ: Majority of Iranian people expected the collapse of the regime. Right now they are deeply disappointed.
MARTIN: Mehraz is pessimistic that life will improve for the Iranian people.
MEHRAZ: The United States has often followed a similar pattern with its adversaries. Sometimes after a change of administration, the same cycle tends to repeat itself - negotiations, agreements, sanctions, threats of war or even war.
MARTIN: Which is why, Mehraz says, he is indifferent to the peace talks.
MEHRAZ: It doesn't really matter to me whether an agreement is reached or not because our opinions mean nothing to this brutal regime.
INSKEEP: That's how some Iranians are feeling about peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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