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BBC Persian
“My days and nights are the same. I feel paralyzed. I just look at the ceiling all day and all night.”
“I continue to think what happens next and we are constantly surprised.”
Shahlo – whose name we changed for her protection – among the Iranians who contacted the BBC Persian to express their fear and anger after the US bombed three key places of our country.
US President Donald Trump said the objects of Isfahan, Natanets and Ford were “destroyed” and told Iran’s leader that they now have a choice of “peace or tragedy”.
But Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Arakhchi said the US had crossed the “big red line” and warned that it would be “eternal consequences”.
The strikes occurred just over a week after Israel launched a large -scale air campaign against Iran, saying that it was aimed at lifting what it called existential threats to the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The Iranian Ministry of Health states that at least 430 people have been killed, although one human rights group has been twice.
According to the Israeli authorities, Iran replied, launching rockets in Israeli cities, killed 24 people.
Over the past week, the Iranian government has greatly restricted access to the Internet, limiting the flow of information about what is happening on Earth and complicate communication with families.
Mehri is also not her real name – however, she was able to send the BBC Persian Audio, which states how the US strikes left her upset and angry.
“I don’t think I never felt such a level of sadness and rage for anything in my life,” she said. “But in a sense, it also gives me an amazing sense of clarity – it reminds me that I am related to something outside myself.”
“This war – the war of Iran is, in fact, a conflict between three persons. Three leaders from three countries moving their own ideologies,” she added, apparently referring to Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the High leader of Iran Ayatolia.
“I get angry when I hear them mention the names such as Isfahan, or suddenly say,” We have taken the control of Iran’s sky. “It’s not just words for me – they are holy.”
Homayoun, a man from the Northwestern Mac, called for a challenge before Trump’s warning that Iran would encounter greater attacks if he had not agreed to peace.
“Yes, we are going through difficult times – but we will stand near our country until the very end. And if necessary, we will give our lives in our homeland for our honor,” he said. “We will not allow America and its bachelor to take the wrong steps in our country.”
On Saturday, Trump warned Iran that any revenge against the US “would be met by force much more than what witnessed tonight.”
But at a press conference in Turkey on Sunday, Arahchi said Iran left “all options for protecting his safety, interests and people.” He also said that the US is “full responsibility for the consequences of its actions.”
The Islamic Revolution Protection Corps (IRGC) described US bases in the Middle East as “vulnerability, not strengths”.
Before Israel launched his air campaign, the Iranian Defense Minister threatened to target all US bases “within our reach” when the United States participated in any blows on its nuclear program.
Some harsh letters also called for sending the US Gulf in the Persian Gulf and the closure of Hormuz Strait, one of the most important delivery routes in the world.
Another Iranian man told the BBC Persian that he hoped it is “a peak of war escalation – and hence everything will start de -icing.”
“Iran is rational enough to know that any answer that is focusing on the United States will be complete suicide,” he said.
“My baby will be born in a few days, and I hope that their birth coincides with the birth of a new Iran – one that takes a new approach to the international system and its internal affairs.”
“And I hope they grow up, knowing that observation cameras and security forces should be focused on real threats, not on the implementation of the hijab,” he added, citing the strict laws of Iran, which requires women to wear their heads, which led to mass anti-government protests and death in 2022.
Another person was critical of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Fordo and Natanz, and the Iranian nuclear program as a whole were the tears of my eyes and blood of your hearts. They have reduced the country’s throat for years and they increased the nuclear budget to build these objects,” they wrote.
Farhad – not his real name – said: “I am not satisfied with what happened, but the past approach of the Islamic Republic has not been postponed. Hopefully the good future is waiting for Iran.”
At the crossing of the Iran’s border with Armenia, one young woman who escaped with Tehran with her family, meanwhile, told the BBC that it did not support changes in the regime imposed by foreign countries in Iran.
“We tried to make changes inside, and I don’t think the changes that come from us or Israel will be good changes,” she said.