The two countries had been in talks to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear pact, which lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for nuclear restriction.

Aghdashloo cautioned against any negotiations with the Iranian government.

"We're no longer talking about the importance of the nuclear war and how close the Iranian government is to uranium and making a nuclear bomb," Aghdashloo told Newsweek.

What is at stake right now is the life of thousands of Iranian youths who are fighting for their rights, and therefore any kind of negotiations with Iran are in vain.

"Obviously the government is not willing to give in," she continued, "is not willing to listen to their youth, is not willing to make Iran a better place, is not willing to give their youth freedom, is not willing to go with democracy.

It is a religious tyranny and it will remain a religious tyranny if the people of Iran cannot get rid of them.

Any kind of trying to negotiate with the government of Iran and the Islamic Republic is wrong and should not take place.".

We had not seen people being hanged on the cranes; we had not seen our young people being tortured, being killed for asking for their basic human rights.

She notes that "being supported by any foreign entity would be considered interfering with the internal affairs of Iran and have a huge backlash on the young people of Iran who are fighting for their freedom," but that "echoing their voice [and] posting their clips will give them the support and stamina they need to go on and fight and not give up or stop."

As for whether this generation of activists will be able to effect change and restore democracy in Iran, she says, "I have a strong feeling, and I'm not alone in this, that this movement will be successful