Iranians are people with their own agency, and the criterion for democratic change in Iran is the consolidation of this agency, Vladimir Mitev said in an interview for the programme ‘Alarma’ on the Bulgarian National Radio’s Hristo Botev programme, referring to the intensification of repression in Iran after the end of the 12-day war and the need to consider Iranians and Israelis as people with independent judgement and capacity for action, and not as hostages of their governments.