As  the world waits for Iran’s next step abroad, the talk inside the Islamic Republic is not just of what a retaliatory strike against Israel would mean for the Middle East, but what it would mean for the country’s economy and freedoms.

NBC News spoke to several residents of Tehran as their leaders rejected Western calls to refrain from an attack that the United States has indicated could come this week. 

“I am not the kind of person who agrees with war or attacks at all,” said…