Rebellious crowds gather in Tehran
Crowds gathered in Tehran on Wednesday night, waving flags and chanting “Down with Israel” during a rally in support of the country’s leader.
Music and singing filled the streets as Iranians waved their cellphones, pumped their fists in the air and held up pictures of Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israeli airstrike in February.
Nahal Rahmatpour, an Iranian woman who was also at the rally, said, “Until the moment the leaders say, “We are here, we will protect the military.”
Rahmatpour and other participants questioned whether U.S. President Donald Trump would launch further attacks on Iran as negotiations continue between the two countries.
“In my opinion, President Trump does not have the courage (to attack again), because we ourselves are a superpower and I don’t think they will attack us anymore,” Rahmatpour said, according to Reuters.
“If you want to say who won this war, it was Iran,” added Mohadeseh Sotanipour, a fellow countryman.
“It would be foolish again if they attacked again. So it depends on whether he (President Trump) has the ability to do something like that (attack again), but I hope not.”
