Dozens of prominent�Iranian activists, both living at home�and overseas, have in recent days expressed their support for the successful passage of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, and urged lawmakers in Washington�not to thwart the work of many months of concerted diplomacy.

The above videos were posted last week on Facebook accounts belonging to two Iranian political activists, Mohammadreza Jalaeipour and Farrokh Negahdar. They've been joined now by�many other voices, some�in exile and others even still in jail. The lengthy roster of testimonies�includes Nobel laureate�Shirin Ebadi, acclaimed�filmmaker�Jafar Panahi,�women's rights activist�Ghoncheh Ghavami, and�Zia Nabavi, a student activist who is still serving a 10-year-sentence in an Iranian prison.

Jalaeipour, currently a PhD candidate in sociology at Oxford University, spent five months in solitary confinement in Tehran's infamous Evin prison for his involvement in the 2009 protests that followed the controversial reelection of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Yet Jalaeipour�is one of the organizers of the current campaign, which usesthe online�hashtag #SupportIranDeal. While he wants to see political change in his country and is deeply critical of the Iranian regime's human rights record, he reckons rapprochement with the West is key for progress at home.

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