Iran's authorities celebrated its 'revenge' arsenic missiles and drones hurtled towards Israel early connected Sunday, portion Tehran's streets filled with thousands of supporters celebrating the onslaught - and emptied of those fearful of a imaginable retaliation.
State tv broadcast jubilant scenes successful the superior and respective different cities, wherever pro-regime Iranians acceptable disconnected flares, flew flags and chanted 'Death to Israel'.
Their slogans were repeated by Iranian MPs gathered successful parliament, with footage showing lawmakers crowding together, raising their fists successful the aerial and chanting victoriously arsenic the Iranian emblem is held up supra them.
But for galore mean Iranians, Sunday nighttime was filled with panic arsenic their fears of an Israeli counter-attack mounted, with roads reportedly becoming gridlocked arsenic scores of families sought to permission the capital.
Footage shows agelong queues of cars extracurricular petrol stations arsenic radical made exigency preparations, portion others packed up their belongings and headed distant from Tehran and different areas feared to beryllium imaginable targets.
Iran 's authorities celebrated its 'revenge' arsenic missiles and drones hurtled towards Israel aboriginal connected Sunday
Iranian MPs gathered successful parliament punching the aerial and chanting victoriously arsenic the Iranian emblem is held up supra them
Iranian demonstrators question Palestinian flags arsenic they be an anti-Israeli gathering successful beforehand of the British Embassy successful Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2024
An Iranian antheral is holding a standard exemplary of a cannon ammunition during a solemnisation successful enactment of Iran's IRGC UAV and rocket onslaught against Israel
A Tehran nonmigratory said: 'People are terrified,' helium added. 'The authorities took a immense gamble. It's similar a suicide. It mightiness beryllium their downfall, but the nationalist volition endure most.'
The antheral named Ali told The Telegraph successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday that helium and his household were fleeing Tehran for his parents' location 200km away.
Meanwhile residents successful the metropolis of Qom, astir 2 hours southbound of the capital, are reported to person bunkered down amid fears that their country could beryllium a people for a imaginable Israeli reprisal.
Fordow is based successful the city, an underground uranium enrichment installation astatine an ex Iranian subject base, with residents reportedly telling of their fearfulness that atomic radiation could spill out.
Sima Shine, a erstwhile Mossad cause who heads the INSS Iran programme, said that 'if Israel retaliates, it volition beryllium done wrong the aforesaid framework: targeting subject sites, not civilian areas, and astir apt not economical targets'.
Security advisor Stephane Audrand said that, to bounds the hazard of further escalation, 'the Israelis would request to confine themselves to strikes connected accepted sites, connected sites from which missiles were launched, connected drone factories'.
Speaking connected Sunday arsenic the contiguous menace appeared to dissipate, 1 Iranian proudly declared his enactment for his government's actions, saying they showed Iran's spot and that it volition retaliate wherever necessary.
Iranian lawmakers chant slogans astatine an unfastened league of the parliament successful Tehran arsenic Iran launches dozens of drones toward Israel
People stitchery successful enactment of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' onslaught connected Israel connected April 14, 2024
'[Israel] realised who they are dealing with. It's perfect!' the nonmigratory told reporters successful Tehran.
Further video appeared to amusement crowds astatine the sedate of Qasem Soleimani, the apical Iranian subject commandant who was killed by a US aerial onslaught successful Iraq successful 2020.
The ample radical of men were said to beryllium chanting decease to America and Israel shortly aft the Revolutionary Guards announced the motorboat of their alleged Operation Honest Promise.
As immoderate 350 rockets, missiles and drones were launched astatine Israel successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday, demonstrators flocked to Tehran's Palestine Square.
Scores waved Iranian and Palestinian nationalist flags alongside banners speechmaking 'God's triumph is near'.
A mural saying 'the adjacent slap is fiercer' was unveiled successful in Tehran's Palestine Square square, wherever a immense banner has hung for days calling, successful Hebrew, for Israelis to 'take shelter'.
Telegram channels supporting Iran besides celebrated what they suggested was a palmy operation, with 1 saying: 'The force volition regret it and see it a historical slap.'
The aforesaid operation was reportedly utilized by Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who referred to the onslaught arsenic 'the Iranian people's slap' connected the enemy's face, saying it taught Israel 'a lesson' and made Iranians 'happy'.
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