In Frankfurt, Hamid Nasiri, 45, a product developer at a pharmaceutical company, said he had “mixed feelings” about the fighting, started by Israel on Friday after weeks of tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme.
“On the one hand, Israel’s actions are specifically directed against the Islamic government, which is itself known for its brutal methods. That gives me a certain hope,“ Nasiri said.
“Many are caught between hope for change and horror at what is happening right now,“ said an Iranian teacher based in Frankfurt who did not want to give her name.
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Some were waving Israeli flags, others the flag of the Pahlavi dynasty -- the ruling house of Iran until the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
“There is no freedom in Iran, no human rights... We support each act that makes the Islamic republic weaker,“ said Tavakol, who left Iran in 2019 and has been living in the UK for two years.
“(I have) never supported the Iranian regime, I don’t like the regime,“ said Ali, who left Iran in 1997.
“We still have family and friends in Iran, Tehran,“ said Paria, 32, another London restaurant worker.
Israel on Friday launched a surprise aerial campaign targeting sites across Iran, saying the attacks aimed to prevent its enemy from acquiring atomic weapons.
Iran’s uranium enrichment has for decades caused tension with the West and Israel, which fear the drive is aimed at making an atomic bomb, a charge denied by Tehran.
Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel have so far killed 24 people, according to Israeli authorities.
“Some say ‘no one has the right to attack our country’, others think it’s a good thing,“ he said.
“And there are more than 10 million people in Tehran, where are they going to go?” he said.
“I hope so much that this war will overthrow the mullah regime. I wish for that so much. Then all the deaths would not have been in vain,“ she said.
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