The Iranians see the strikes as a liberation, in the same way that France was liberated from the Nazis in WWII

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So please do not be against the war in the name of any Iranian.

The Islamic regime purposefully shot girls in the face, chests and vaginas to destroy their beauty. This was a regime of terrorists.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/17/x-rays-injuries-iran-protesters-hospital-birdshot-bullets

This is a regime that has massacred 30000 of its OWN people since January.

Body bags have lined the streets for months.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead

The strikes are targeted and destroying the regimes military bases. Iranians are celebrating and feeling support for the first time in years.

We might not want to get involved in War in the U.K., but to not understand how this is a liberation is jarring to all Iranians who do not have sympathy for the terrorist regime, so please do not speak for them

I don’t doubt Iranians’ delight, but the nature of these attacks sets a terrible precedent and endangers people in countries that wouldn’t welcome such an assault.
We can’t tolerate a world in which people can illegally launch attacks on other nations with no legal grounds to do so.
I blame a pathetic UN, and the international community as a whole for creating an environment where the likes of Trump and Putin feel free to do whatever the hell they like.

@FloralDeerPattern
It is true that I do not live in Iran, but I have family there and I know the culture. The Iranians were a liberal society. They never wanted to live under Islamic rule. Even those who supported the idea of a republic for the people had no idea what the Islamic republic had in store for them. When the ayotolah first came into power he was quoted as saying ‘the women of Iran will be free’ in fact he said ‘they will be more free than the women of France’. We see how this has panned out. Then after coming into power and as soon as the Islamic regime was established, the first thing the Islamic republic did was make hijab mandatory by law. After this they threw acid in the faces of women who weren’t wearing hijab and had the ‘morality police’ surveillance and the military policing the streets to ensure it was enforced. If women were found under surveillance to not be wearing the hijab correctly they were bottled, beaten or shot. This is the biggest terrorist regime in the world.

I don’t claim to speak for everyone but I urge you to think about how the Iranians have come to this situation.

Same way the stole it 1953 - 79. Give the rulers a cut and repatriate the rest of the profits to the USA. Except the infrastructure is severely damaged this time.

If the intent is to steal it then why damage the infrastructure?

Ans have the stolen Venezuela's oil as well?

I have thought about it. I have read the history of Iran. I hope the women of Iran are some day free.

I don't support illegal wars, from my reading of history, from listening to experts, from listening to what Israel and the US are saying I don't believe that this is will lead to freedom for anyone. I would love to be proved wrong.

I wish for the best for your family in Iran.

@ComradeAmoeba

“I just wondered what help is hoped for other than the strikes that are happening now? Do people feel this will be enough to weaken the regime? Or do they hope for boots on the ground type of help?”

I am hoping the combination of bombing all the mullahs in the regime and their military operations alongside an uprising by the people will be enough to destroy the regime

I think from the outside it looks like this will have all achieved nothing. Trump went into this half cocked and his goons followed him. At least Bush got the support of the Senate for his war in Iraq. Trump just thought he could do some bombing, distract from the Epstein files and the Mid Terms and be some kind of hero, but it looks like he's already panicking and will try and extracate himself asap in order to save his own skin. This leaves the Iranian regime intact, with another, more hardline Mullah and a military that has basically ignored the Iranian President and continued bombing their neighbours in the ME, hours after he apologised and said they wouldn't do it. The only way there will be any kind of peace in the ME is if the Iranian regime falls, and their proxies with them, but if Trump withdraws, this is not what will happen. He will lie and say he's done what he wanted, but Iran's ally Russia have just got a load more money from the rise in oil prices and Trump has agreed to lift sanctions on them again to save his own skin over oil prices, giving them more money. It looks like this whole thing will just make everything worse for the Iranian people all for nothing. I really do hope I'm wrong. Hopefully that other nasty piece of work Netenyahu has enough skin in the game and influence over the Americans to force them to continue until they do the job properly.

Thank you for explaining. I hope the people of Iran can win freedom from the regime. I hope your family in Iran stay safe.

The same reason for the degree of needless, excessive destruction in Iraq.

Assuming the Iranian regime is actually swept away and replaced with something more amenable to the US, It's US conglomerates who will be handed the contracts for reconstruction and pocket the profits.

You do not need to literally run away with a nation's oil in order to steal its natural wealth. Gaddafi refused all overtures from the US to permit US oil companies to extract and market Libyan Oil, similarly Chavez and Maduro. The UK was the opposite, happy to flog rights for next to nothing in exchange for a quick injection of cash, hence why the UK has nothing to show for the decades of pulling vast quantities of oil and gas from under the North Sea.

Regimes opposed to the US don't just drop their knickers and bend over when the US wants to exploit their natural resources, which is why they tend to end up being bombed and/or invaded, or inflamed by US-backed insurgents until someone more amenable to the US comes along. Trump preformed a rendition on Maduro but otherwise left that entire regime intact. Why? It hasn't changed anything for Venezuela or Venezuelans, but Maduro's former lackey is more inclined toward US cooperation, so cha-ching, here come the US Oil giants.

No doubt many are against the current regime in Iran but clearly not all, or the recent protests would have resulted in a revolution. At the very least the army seems to be loyal. And the opposition is split between many factions so the outcome of any regime change is unknown civil war is a possibility that will not be good for anyone. Trump trying to foist his opinion will not go down well as Western attempts to dictate who ruled Iran was a cause of the revolution in 1979 when the Shah was overthrown.

@catipuss I don’t think this is true, unarmed civilians came out for months of protests, 30000 are dead but they are unarmed and the military has weapons. The US and Israel will destroy the military operations and the mullahs. If that is all they do, I hope it’s enough of a crack in the system to give an uprising by the Iranian people a chance

Just think of the rebuilding costs and who gets the contracts to do that? The Epstein class think it's easier to find something on the verge of collapse than a bargain. There will be plenty of people rubbing there hands with glee at the prospect of how much they will profit from this war.

Ok. Well good for them. I hope the future works well for them. 🤞

What is the 'Epstein class'?

But isn't the stealing of the oil profits something that happens now?

The regime supports Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis?

They have expensive properties, their children spend their time on yachts?

All of this is stolen, surely?

Well apparently their plan is to take a 31% stake in Irans oil reserves. They've said the war is the best money they've ever spent and they're going to make a tonne of money.

I'll be honest. I don't understand how you csn go into another country and steal their oil. What I know, becuase that's what they've said, is that they INTEND to go there and take their oil.

But I also don't understand how you csn rape kids, steal money from your country, instruct, a militia to ignore the very rights your coutry is built on and illegally imprison, illegal and legal immigrants, and citizens, and execute those same people on the street, break the highest laws in your country and remain president. So 🤷‍♀️

Oil is being stolen by the Iranian regime as we speak.

The earlier uprising started because the people are getting poorer while the proceeds from country's oil reserves are used elsewhere.

100% agree with you OP and stand with you and the women and people of Iran. It was wonderful to see celebrations the other week in London with the Iranian people and the Jewish people celebrating together along with the Israeli flag.

The majority of civilians who will die or be displaced by any conflict are women and children.

I stand with the women in Iran (and Sudan and Gaza and Afghanistan and all women) but war is a patriarchal construct and will never lead to the liberation of any of us.

Yes but the women and children don't have a free life in Iran do they. I think they are prepared to die in a war against the regime rather than by the regime (from what I'm lead to believe). Dreadful circumstances.

And to think that they were a free, liberated country until this feckin Islamic regime took over. I am terrified for what may happen here for our children and grandchildren.

No they don't and they won't as a result of a relentless bombing campaign. The women and children of Afghanistan are not better off now are they?

Islamism is a direct response to imperialism, British and now US/Israeli. And we have our own homegrown conservative misogyny in the UK.

The commonality here is the patriarchy. No women (and arguably no men) can be free under this system.

The reality is that Muslim fundamentalism is imbedded in ALL infrastructure in Iran, from the national military down to every post office & local police. While it is widely despised, there is no functional opposition. The only way that Iran can be liberated from fundamentalists is to destroy this infrastructure, turning it into a failed state. If that is what happens, then the death & suffering will be incalculable. Iran (and its women) are in a terrible position, but this war is no solution.

Do you think Trump has the attention span for that though? Iran prepared their mosaic strategy for this exact scenario, they didn't want to be weakened by a decapitation strike so Trump has to wipe out 31 separate commands. Trump has seen that this war is going down like a lead balloon, he says it is nearly over, they've done everything they want to do. How many of these 31 commands have been destroyed?

@FloralDeerPattern If Trump doesn’t, Israel does

Well, the US seems to be now considering boots on the ground. God help everyone.