Tehran, Iran – On Tuesday evening, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched an unprecedented ballistic missile attack on Israel, thousands of Iranians took to the streets to celebrate.
While some of the missiles were still in the air, in major cities across Iran, the government sent text messages encouraging people to attend state-organised rallies in support of the attack. Broadcast live on state television, the rallies saw the sky lit up with fireworks and jovial songs, praising Iranian armed forces and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, blared from loudspeakers.
