‘Trump is a hero’ — Expat Iranians celebrate attacks on regime

Iranian Americans in Southern California voiced gratitude to Trump and Netanyahu during the rally.

By World Israel News Staff

Hundreds of Iranian expatriates gathered outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Saturday, praising President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, while criticizing left-wing politicians who have opposed the strikes on Iran.

Trump is considered a “hero” by many Iranians, said Mars, who was identified only by his first name. Born in Shiraz, Mars told the New York Post that Trump “will be remembered by Iranians the way that Jewish people remember Cyrus the Great, who freed the Jews.”

Amin, whose family fled Iran in 1979 following the revolution, said the current military operation should not be viewed as a traditional war but as a mission aimed at ending authoritarian Islamic rule in Iran, which has devastated the country economically and culturally.

“I think everybody should support what’s happening in Iran right now because it’s not a war,” Amin told the Post. “It’s saving humanity. It’s a war against terrorists in Iran.”

Benjamin Basre, a Tehran-born Jewish Iranian, urged lawmakers who have spoken out against the military campaign to listen to the Iranian diaspora, noting that more than 700,000 Iranians live in Southern California.

“Those politicians? I just want to tell them — come out, talk with us,” Basre told the Post. “Connect yourself with reality.”

Another Iranian expatriate, Nazanin Jalalian, said Democratic lawmakers who expressed disapproval of the operation were ignoring the brutality of Iran’s ruling regime and the oppression endured by the Iranian people for decades.

Jalalian said she would tell politicians that if they oppose regime change, “they cannot talk about human rights, women’s rights, children, or anything.”

Those sentiments were echoed by a man identified as Sharokh, who said Democrats criticizing Trump’s actions “are not thinking about the people of Iran.”

“They don’t know what’s going on,” he said.

“Where were you when the regime of Iran killed 50,000 innocent people in just two days?” Sharokh added.

He stressed that he and other Iranians in attendance were “very grateful” for Trump and Netanyahu.

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