‘We are not afraid of war’: Iranians rally in support of government

April 20, Al Jazeera - Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tehran in support of Iran’s government, with some voicing a “complete distrust” towards the US and urging Iranian officials not to back down.

“The United States has so far honoured none of the promises it made to us and none of the agreements it signed with us,” Masoumeh Alimohammadi told the Reuters news agency. “As a result, we expect that although the diplomatic track must in any case move forward, we should proceed with complete distrust toward this America that has so far fulfilled none of its commitments.”

Hamidreza Heidari said Iranians were “not afraid of war”.

“Even if not just one attack, but continuous attacks are carried out against our country, we will certainly move forward with greater strength and authority. But in my view, given the situation as it is developing, the United States and Israel have no option but to surrender to Iran’s demands,” he said.

Negin Gholizade called for her government to continue to defy the US.

“We can reach peace with this man [Trump] only if he takes such a beating that he is forced into submission, just as he was forced into submission two weeks ago,” she said. “On the very night he wanted to send us back to the Stone Age, he backed down, accepted everything we said, and agreed to it.”