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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Mar 14, 2026, 01:21 PM 12 hrs ago

In Tehran, hope for change turns to panic: 'They are turning the country into ruins'

Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback. Then the bombs began to batter areas near her Tehran home.

“I was always against these people and thought it would be limited and finished fast,” she said of the U.S. and Israeli attacks. “I regret that and take it back. They are turning the country into ruins.”

Hoda, 40, like others interviewed for this article, asked that only her first name be used out of fear of arrest or harassment from security forces.

Since the war started, the U.S. and Israeli military have targeted multiple locations across the country, but it is in Tehran, a bustling, densely packed metropolis of 10 million people, where the strikes have been felt the most. As of Thursday, more than 1,200 people had been killed by Israeli and American strikes, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tehran-hope-change-turns-panic-172123761.html

And the morbidly obese slob still thinks we'll be greeted as liberators.

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In Tehran, hope for change turns to panic: 'They are turning the country into ruins' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 12 hrs ago OP
I can only think of one country that surrendered because it was bombed gab13by13 11 hrs ago #1
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