but we've spoken to runyon people and we've heard both defiance and fear there are people that say they trust in their country's ability to defend itself but they don't trust in its economy as much the economic conditions are really worrying people at a time when the currency was already in trouble now additional u.s. sanctions are putting more pressure on the economy but there are people here that say they are worried they are afraid and that they should they feel their leader should not just show publicly defiance in the face of american pressure they should also take these threats seriously and that if a war was to break out they worry about what that would mean for their own security and stability those there are many young people in iran who don't remember the war of the 1980 s. with iraq but those that have been around long enough to remember what it was like to live in wartime iran say that negotiation should be the way forward and that iranian leaders should try to come to a solution through dialogue and not necessarily through defiance zain thank you. well the u.s. president is