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How are Iranians in Iran responding?
Mar 1st, 2026 at 11:43am
 
This is the crucial question, and I believe the one that will determine the consequences of the current conflict. But it is also the hardest to answer, as not much news is coming out of Iran, and it is early days yet. Most Iranian expats seem to be supportive, but you would expect them to be the most hostile to the current regime. While the regime is not exactly popular inside Iran, there is also no organised opposition.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dyz6p3weo

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Videos circulating on social media showed people running in panic near sites of explosions. The sound of screams and crying could be heard in the background.

Trump then wrote on Truth Social: "Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead."

"He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do. This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country."

Despite a near-total internet blackout that monitors detected late on Saturday morning, several further waves of strikes and explosions were reported throughout the day.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/what-we-know-about-the-israel-us-iran-strikes/106400988

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As the strikes mounted, at least two news agencies, Tasnim and IRNA, reported they were subjected to cyber attacks.

Internet disruptions have also been reported throughout Iran, with NetBlocks, an internet status watchdog, reporting that Iran is at a "near-total internet blackout" with national connectivity at 4 per cent.

It is unclear if the blackout is a result of the strikes or authorities in Tehran limiting internet access in the country.
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Re: How are Iranians in Iran responding?
Reply #1 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:09pm
 
The ABC and BBC are supporters of Islamic regime no reliable news will come from them.

Lots of videos coming out of Iran with people celebrating.
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We have the first footage of street parties breaking out in Tehran.

You don't understand our happiness.

https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/2027850597622337648


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Reply #2 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:12pm
 
Wow. I hope that is legit. The regime must be on the back foot.
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Reply #3 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:17pm
 
freediver wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:12pm:
Wow. I hope that is legit. The regime must be on the back foot.


It is legit lots of videos on X Iranians saying they love Trump

The Islamic regime is still going around shooting Iranians in the streets.

Reports also say girls school was hit by Iranian rocket that misfired.
I did see the video of it launch and come down not far from launch site didn't save it as lots of things happening.

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A failed missile launch in Iran caused the projectile to fall on a school. Images captured the moment it failed, fell back to ground, and struck.

The Iranians - just like the Palestinians in Gaza at the beginning of the war - immediately claimed it was a missile fired by the United States or Israel.

https://x.com/ChayasClan/status/2027742261480452476



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Reply #4 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:04pm
 
Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:09pm:
The ABC and BBC are supporters of Islamic regime no reliable news will come from them.


No, they are supporters of a rules-based system.

How silly of them....."quaint" was a term one radio commentator used today. 

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Reply #5 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:15pm
 
So I’m confused? Why am I seeing people holding a photo of their now dead leader, and crying?
Is it a divide of those that love him and those that hate him?
It’s politics, always a divide somewhere.
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Reply #6 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:16pm
 
Melbourne is celebrating!
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Reply #7 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:16pm
 
Sophia wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:15pm:
So I’m confused? Why am I seeing people holding a photo of their now dead leader, and crying?
Is it a divide of those that love him and those that hate him?
It’s politics, always a divide somewhere.


He will have his supporters - Islamic fundamentalists, and a large portion of the population profiting from the oppression of the current regime.
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Reply #8 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:18pm
 
freediver wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:16pm:
Sophia wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:15pm:
So I’m confused? Why am I seeing people holding a photo of their now dead leader, and crying?
Is it a divide of those that love him and those that hate him?
It’s politics, always a divide somewhere.


He will have his supporters - Islamic fundamentalists, and a large portion of the population profiting from the oppression of the current regime.


They’ve (his supporters) just been named as the orphans of the world.
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Reply #9 - Mar 1st, 2026 at 7:08pm
 
Sophia wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 5:15pm:
So I’m confused? Why am I seeing people holding a photo of their now dead leader, and crying?
Is it a divide of those that love him and those that hate him?
It’s politics, always a divide somewhere.


It's a divide between those who believe their prophet rode a flying donkey and those who don't believe in flying donkeys.

There are no official numbers from the Islamic regime on disbelief in Islam they have admitted with 75K mosques over 50K of them have closed due to nobody going to them.
That is the only number released by IR.

Younger generation have mostly rejected Islam Grandparents have told them how free they were in the 1970s before Islamic revolution.

Many videos going back over a decade with islamic regime painting Israel and USA flags outside doorways so students could walk on those flags yet over 99% chose not to walk on them they walked around them and abused the tiny minority who did.

I would guess around 80% hate Islamic regime they chant marg bar Khamenei (death to the dictator).

All the recent protests in Iran have them chanting Javid Shah (long live the King)

Subtitles in this video...lol hardcore Islamophobes in Iran
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Reply #10 - Mar 2nd, 2026 at 12:58am
 
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The IRGC admitted this was their own missile. Stop spreading Islamic Regime propaganda.

https://x.com/gghamari/status/2028116992368996748


Iranian missile hit school killing kids.

Idiots are quick to blame the US and Israel for this
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Reply #11 - Mar 2nd, 2026 at 5:46am
 
Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 1st, 2026 at 12:09pm:
The ABC and BBC are supporters of Islamic regime no reliable news will come from them.

Lots of videos coming out of Iran with people celebrating.
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We have the first footage of street parties breaking out in Tehran.

You don't understand our happiness.

https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/2027850597622337648





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Re: How are Iranians in Iran responding?
Reply #12 - Mar 2nd, 2026 at 5:51am
 
I would like to know what percentage of Iranian people are actually happy with the Khamenei assassination.
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Reply #13 - Mar 2nd, 2026 at 12:17pm
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05v8jzjn40o

But, at the same time, there appears to be a sense of relief and celebration among those who believe the regime's downfall can only come through military intervention, says BBC Persian.

Iranians woke up on Sunday to confirmation that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - who ruled Iran for more than 36 years - was killed in US and Israeli strikes launched a day ago.

"I can't believe it. It's like when they give you such a good news that you don't even know what to do," one person in the capital Tehran told BBC Persian.

"I couldn't sleep all night, I'm just waiting to start the first day without Khamenei in it. I think the Middle East has become a better place.

"Even [the] world has become a better place now."

Others are also glad. In one video from Saturday, a woman speaks with unmistakable relief, saying Khamenei's residence had been hit. Another clip shows teenagers at a school dancing and chanting that the strikes have happened, adding, "I love Trump."

Many people had been anticipating a possible US attack. Since Friday night, long queues have formed at petrol stations, and many residents of the capital, Tehran, have begun leaving the city for the north, near the Caspian Sea, which they believe is safer.

With Iran coming under an almost total internet blackout since the attacks started, it has been difficult to contact anyone inside the country.

Some people briefly managed to access the internet using methods such as SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet and virtual private networks, and may be able to do so again.

The BBC has, however, been able to reach a number of pro-regime figures who spoke about the situation in Tehran.

"We have heard lots of explosions. I live in middle of Tehran," one of them told BBC Newshour.

"This was a normal day until the United States and Israel started attacking the city. Our children have gone to a school in the morning. We had to go and get the children."

Another told the BBC Weekend programme he heard fighter jets and two explosions early on Saturday morning from his office in the north of the city. The atmosphere was tense and there was a sense of war in the air.

He said that people were shopping and stocking up on canned food.

One resident earlier told BBC Persian via Starlink there had been a heavy security presence on streets leading to the compound of the Leadership House - Khamenei's office.

Before the blackout, some people posted messages on social media in case they were killed in air strikes.

"If I die, don't forget that we exist too - those of us who oppose any military attack, those of us who will become just a number in reports of the dead," one Iranian wrote on social media.

Another wrote: "Damn the Islamic dictatorship that caused this war. We have already endured three wars."

Some posts highlight the strain of communication and fear for children caught in the conflict: "The internet is almost down... If the network is completely cut, know that we are not soldiers for any leader, nor collateral damage," said another user.

"We are human and have the right to live. Try to make our future democratic, not dependent on individuals."

Another user wrote: "Promise that if anything happens to us, you will look after our children and be very, very kind to them. Tell them we did everything we could - we joined silent marches, we voted, we worked multiple shifts, we endured great hardship."

According to BBC Persian, many Iranians who lived through what has been described as one of the bloodiest crackdowns on civilians in modern history say they now welcome regime change - even if it comes through military intervention and the killing of senior officials.

Others, however, fear that air strikes alone may not bring about the regime's collapse.

They worry it could survive and, in response, become even more brutal towards its own people.

At the time of protests more than a month ago in which thousands were killed, Trump had encouraged Iranians to continue protesting, vowing that help was on the way.

Now, some Iranians report receiving text messages reading, "Help has come" - urging people to stay at home and calling on regime forces to lay down their arms.

But public sentiment could shift sharply if civilians are killed in the strikes, with many Iranians reacting with anger after state media reported that an Israeli strike on a girls' school killed dozens of people. There is no confirmation.

An Iranian living abroad who opposes military intervention in Iran commented: "The first victims of this war are 40 girls in Minab, hit by a missile attack. Is this the war you cheer for?"

Deep mistrust of the Iranian regime, however, makes official reports difficult for many to accept, and some Iranians directly blamed the regime for the attack.

One user wrote: "Even if the regime did not directly target schools, the deaths of children in Minab remain the responsibility of the Islamic Republic.

"People have no shelters, the internet is cut, phone lines are down, and there has been no warning to keep children out of school. In these conditions, the minimum requirement should be to stay at home."
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Reply #14 - Mar 2nd, 2026 at 1:24pm
 
Here's an idea: drop a few thousand free starlink receivers with strong wifi signals into residential areas.
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