Voices from Iran after US strikes
“My days and nights are the same. I feel paralyzed. I just look at the ceiling all day and all night.”
“I wonder what will happen next, and we’re always caught with surprise.”
Shahla, where we have changed for protection, is among the Iranians who came into contact with BBC Persian to express their fears and anger after bombing three of the key nuclear areas of their countries on one night.
US President Donald Trump, Isfahan, Natanz and Fordo facilities were “destroyed” and said to the leaders of Iran now they have the option of “peace or tragedy”.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that the US has passed a “large red line” and that it would have “endless consequences”.
The strikes took place a week after Israel launched a large -scale air campaign against Iran, and the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs aimed to remove existential threats.
The Iranian Ministry of Health says that at least 430 people have been killed so far, although a human rights group has doubled the mortality rate.
According to Israeli officials, Iran replied by throwing missiles in Israeli cities by killing 24 people and injuring 1,270.
“I don’t think I feel this sadness and angry on anything in my life,” Mehri – not the real name – following the US strikes in a voice message.
“But in a way, it gives me a strange sense of clarity – it reminds me that I’m connected to something beyond myself.”
“This war – the war of Iran – is essentially a conflict between three people. Three leaders from three countries to their own ideologies,” he added, apparently referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s high leader Ayatullah Ali Khanei.
He continued: “When I heard that they were talking about names like Isfahan or when I heard that they suddenly declared: ‘We have checked the sky of Iran.’ These are not only words for me, but the saints.
Homayoun, a man from the northwest region of Maku, challenged Trump that he would face more attacks if he did not accept Iran’s peace.
“Yes, we have a hard time – but we will stand by our country. And if necessary, we will give our lives for our homeland for our honor,” he said. He continued: “America and its elaborates will not allow the wrong movements in our country.”
Trump warned Iran that any retaliation against the United States on Saturday will “be greeted with a much greater force than it was a witness tonight”.
At a press conference in Türkiye on Sunday, Araghchi announced that Iran hides “all options to defend their security, interests and people”. He also said that the US was “full responsibility for the consequences of actions”.
Before the start of the Israeli air campaign, Iran threatened to attack the bases in the Middle East if Iran joined any strikes in its nuclear program.
Another Iranian man told BBC Persian that it “hopes that the climb of war is the summit of the climb and that things will begin to increase from here.”
“Iran is rational enough to know that any response targeting the US will be full suicide.” He said.
“My child will be born within a few days, and I hope their births overlap with the birth of a new Iran – adopting a new approach towards both the international system and internal affairs.”
“I hope that the surveillance cameras and security forces need to focus on real threats,” Iran, which requires Iran to wear an anti -government protests and a deadly pressure in 2022.
Farhad – not the real name – he said: “I’m not satisfied with what happened, but the past approach of the Islamic Republic was not bearable. I hope a good future awaits Iran.”
