None is dirty than Trump: Iranians demand sharp response to US attacks
None is dirty than Trump: Iranians demand sharp response to US attacks
The American President Donald Trump triggered a wave of outrage in Iran with his decision to start direct attacks on Iranian nuclear systems. Citizens of Tehrans expressed their expectations of retaliation for their country to CNN. "The Iranian people are honorable people and we will definitely give a strong answer," said a Tehraner. "We will be strong as we have done in the past 40 years," he added.
protests in Tehran
On Sunday evening, large crowds gathered on Enqelab-Platz in the center of Tehran to protest the attacks. Recordings published by the state -related news agency FARS showed people who waved Iranian flags and hit the air. They kept signs with the inscription: “Down with the USA, down with Israel.”
political reactions
The politician Hamid Rasaee noticed that even regime critics took part in the protests. "Many of those who stand here and call sayings against the United States were possibly critics of the policy of the Islamic Republic. But today we are all in a row behind the top leader," he told CNN.
Trump ordered attacks on three of the most important nuclear systems in Iran on Sunday morning - a step that the United States is at the center of the conflict between Israel and Iran. The Iraqis had already feared the possibility of American intervention since Israel started attacks on nuclear and military goals last week - but many believed that any measures were still removed.
attacks on nuclear facilities
Trump announced on Thursday to decide within two weeks whether he wanted to attack Iran what seemed to open a scope for negotiations. But everything changed early on Sunday when American bombers were more than a dozen massive “bunker breakers” bombs to the nuclear systems Fordow and Natanz, and Tomahawk rockets from the sea met Isfahan.
A Tehraner told CNN that he believes that Trump only acts on his own interest. "There is none of them more dirty than Trump. First he gives us two weeks, but then he strikes us after two days," said the man and wanted to remain anonymous for security reasons. "We have no nuclear weapons, so why does he attack us?" He asked and pointed out the Iranian regime's claim that the nuclear program was peaceful.
consequences of the attacks
Trump claimed that the three attacked locations were “completely destroyed”, while his Minister of Defense said that the full impact was still evaluated. In contrast to the attacks by Israel, some of which targeted densely populated areas, the US attacks concentrated in places that are not accessible to most civilians.
residents of QOM, a city about 30 kilometers from the Fordow facility, were awakened by the noise of emergency vehicles and the news that the secret complex had been bombarded a few hours earlier. Five people from QOM were surprised to find out what had happened when they woke up because they hadn't heard at night.
reactions in the population
QOM is considered a Holy City and is the home of the largest and most famous Shiite seminar in Iran. The top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several former President Iran studied there. Similar to the residents of a village that is about 35 kilometers from the Natanz facility that they hadn't heard anything overnight.
in Tehran, far from the attacked nuclear systems, many demanded an energetic answer in Iran. Fars published a compilation of short interviews with people on the streets of the capital on Sunday. All eight respondents demanded retaliation-most said Iran should attack US base in the region and close the Hormuz street through which a third of the global maritime traffic flows.
effects on the regime
In Iran, signs of dissent are quickly suppressed, which makes it dangerous to express its dissatisfaction with the regime. But Iranian scientist Mohsen Milani, who has lived in the United States for decades, said that the US attack on Iran might be able to strengthen the support of the population for the regime. "It could spark a new wave of nationalism and damage future relationships between the United States and Iran more than the State Cancer of 1953," he wrote in a post on X.
Some of these feelings were already felt on the streets of Tehrans on Sunday. A protester on Enqelab-Platz told CNN that she would remain "even if rockets rain on my head." "I will stay here and sacrifice my life and blood for my country," she added.
In the area, many people kept anti-trump signs and posters high. A resident previously told CNN that he would support Khamenei with his life. "He is committed to our country," said the statement. A woman in a local market in Tehran emphasized that Iran only defend itself: "We lived our normal life and they attacked. If someone attacks the United States, you would not answer? Of course you would," she said.
Another resident of Tehran expressed the conviction that the regime had been significantly weakened by the US beats, since opponents were now able to expose the threats of the regime. "The claims of the Iranian regime - that it will attack all American bases and close the street of Hormuz - were seen by the whole world," said this. "But Iran was silent and there was no combat aircraft and did not use defenses or rockets," he added, warning that if there was no answer in the coming days that could leave the regime's supporters. "No sensible person will stick to someone who is in a weak position, not even their own supporters," he concluded.