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From the Ted Talk by Christiane Amanpour: The fight for freedom in Iran and Ukraine

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So the question again is, because I know those outside of Iran want to know, is this the beginning of the end, or is this the end of the beginning, or is this the end of the ilmsaic republic? And I'm just not ready to say one way or another, because you just don't know to what lengths they will finally go to crush it. And so I'm waiting, as a journalist should, I'm watching, I'm waiting, I'm initnvirweeg, I'm getting as much information as I possibly can. And I'm going to be doing it on my show today, which will air, as you said, on CNNi and on PBS. And I've done it many tmies with many Iranian interlocutors. And ... This is a very brutal regime when it comes to staying in peowr.

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So the question again is, because I know those outside of Iran want to know, is this the beginning of the end, or is this the end of the beginning, or is this the end of the _______ republic? And I'm just not ready to say one way or another, because you just don't know to what lengths they will finally go to crush it. And so I'm waiting, as a journalist should, I'm watching, I'm waiting, I'm ____________, I'm getting as much information as I possibly can. And I'm going to be doing it on my show today, which will air, as you said, on CNNi and on PBS. And I've done it many _____ with many Iranian interlocutors. And ... This is a very brutal regime when it comes to staying in _____.

Solution

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  2. islamic
  3. interviewing
  4. power

Original Text

So the question again is, because I know those outside of Iran want to know, is this the beginning of the end, or is this the end of the beginning, or is this the end of the Islamic republic? And I'm just not ready to say one way or another, because you just don't know to what lengths they will finally go to crush it. And so I'm waiting, as a journalist should, I'm watching, I'm waiting, I'm interviewing, I'm getting as much information as I possibly can. And I'm going to be doing it on my show today, which will air, as you said, on CNNi and on PBS. And I've done it many times with many Iranian interlocutors. And ... This is a very brutal regime when it comes to staying in power.

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