Votes from Iran after us struck

“My days and nights are the same. I feel paralyzed. I just stare at the ceiling all day and all night.”

“I continue to wonder what will happen afterwards and we are constantly caught in surprise.”

Shala – whose name we have changed for her protection – is one of the Iranians who contacted the BBC Persian to express their fear and anger after the United States bombed three of their country's key nuclear sites overnight.

US President Donald Trump said the Isfahan, Natanz and Fordo facilities were “deleted” and told Iran's leaders that they now have a choice of “peace or tragedy”.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araragchi said the United States had passed a “big red line” and warned that it would have “eternal consequences”.

The strikes happened a little over a week after Israel launched a large -scale air campaign against Iran, saying it aimed to eliminate what it calls the existential threats of nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the country.

The Iranian Health Ministry says that at least 430 people have been killed so far, although a human rights group has put death on death double.

Iran replied by launching missiles in Israeli cities, killing 24 people, according to Israeli authorities.

In the last week, the Iran government has restricted internet access, limiting the flow of information about what is happening on the spot and impedes communication of families.

Mehri is also not her real name – he still managed to send to the BBC Persian audio message that says the US strikes left her upset and angry.

“I don't think I've ever felt this level of grief and rage over something in my life,” she said. “But in a sense, it also gives me a strange sense of clarity – it reminds me that I am connected to something beyond myself.”

“This war – the war of Iran – is essentially a conflict between three persons. Three leaders from three countries led by their own ideologies,” she added, apparently referring to Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran's supreme leader Ali Hamnei.

“I am tormented when I hear them mention names such as Isfahan or suddenly declare,” We took control of Iran's sky. ” These are not just words to me – they are sacred. “

Homayoun, a man from the Northwestern region of Maku, was challenging in the face of Trump's warning that Iran would face more attacks if he disagreed with Mira.

“Yes, we go through difficult times – but we will stand up to our country to the very end. And if necessary, we will give our lives for our country, to our honor,” he said. “We will not allow America and his lackeys to make the wrong movements in our country.”

Trump warned Iran on Saturday that any revenge on the United States “would be met with force far more than what was witnessing tonight.”

But at a press conference in Turkey on Sunday, Aragchi declared that Iran had retained “all options for protecting her security, interests and people.” He also said the US has “full responsibility for the consequences of his actions.”

The Guard of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) describes US bases in the Middle East as “vulnerabilities, not strengths.”

Before Israel launched its air campaign, Iran's Defense Minister threatened to target all US bases, “within our scope,” if the United States participated in any strikes under its nuclear program.

Some hardliners have also called on the US Navy in the Gulf to be directed and the closure of the Hormuz Strait, one of the most important shipping routes in the world.

Another Iranian man told the BBC Persian that he hoped it was “the peak of the escalation of war – and from here things will begin to de -escalate.”

“Iran is rational enough to know that any answer to the US would be a complete suicide,” he said.

“My baby will be born in a few days and I hope that their birth coincides with the birth of a new Iran – the one who perceives a new approach to both the international system and its interior.”

“And I hope they grow up, knowing that surveillance cameras and security forces must be focused on real threats, not on the application of Hijab,” he added, citing the strict laws of Iran, requiring women to carry headscarves that led to mass anti -government protests and deadly pursuit in 2022.

Another person was critical of the price of Iran's nuclear ambitions.

“Fordo and Natanz and the Iranian nuclear program as a whole were the tears of my eyes and the blood of your hearts. They have cut the nation's throat for years and increased the nuclear budget to build these facilities,” they wrote.

Farhad – not his real name – said, “I am not satisfied with the incident, but the previous approach of the Islamic Republic was not tolerable. I hope a good future will expect Iran.”

At the crossing of Iran's border with Armenia, a young woman who, in the meantime, escaped from Tehran with her family, told the BBC that she did not support the change in the regime imposed by the foreign forces in Iran.

“We were trying to change inside and I don't think a change coming from us or Israel would be a good change,” she said.