Looks like an interesting article, but it’s paywalled. Would love to read it. Do you have a different link or can you summarize it?

From my conversations with Iranians, they know regime change is a long shot. But what are they to do?

Anti-regime Iranians literally feel like that their country was hijacked by an Islamic theocracy. 40+ years of status quo has done nothing to change that.

So yes, they enjoy seeing the regime being bombed. Do they really expect a revolution? Maybe the tiniest sliver of hope in their heart believes in it. But that’s better than nothing.