In this sense, the Iranian people can be regarded as a strategic ally of the West, not only because they want democracy at home and peace in the region, but because their continued protests offer the West the most effective leverage against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
因此在这种意义上，伊朗人民可以被视为西方的一个战略同盟，不仅因为他们希望能为自己的国家带来民主，为这个地区带来和平，而是他们的持续示威为西方提供了足以制衡伊朗核计划的最有效筹码。