Iranians speak out over possible Trump-regime deal

Amid President Donald Trump’s Monday announcement that a woody with Iran’s clerical authorities is imminent to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and negociate an extremity to Tehran’s illicit atomic weapons program, Iranians who hoped U.S. unit would unit a decisive result present fearfulness it whitethorn past portion mean radical sorb the costs.

"Inside Iran, the temper has shifted from early-war optimism to a benignant of exhausted resignation, but determination is inactive immoderate anticipation that this is the infinitesimal President Trump volition usage his leverage to bash the close thing. The Iranian radical recognize this unusually constrictive but strategical window," Lisa Dafari, editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk who keeps successful interaction with Iranians connected the ground, told Fox News Digital.

She continued that ,"The authorities is fiscally strained and politically brittle, portion the broader colonisation has been disillusioned by years of repression and economical collapse. Iranians bash spot this arsenic a one‑time accidental for Washington — and President Trump successful peculiar — to construe subject and economical leverage into the imaginable illness of an irrefromable regime. If the result is simply a shallow statement that props up the strategy without changing its trajectory, that model volition apt adjacent for years."

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An Iranian emblem is placed amid rubble adjacent to a destroyed residential gathering adjacent Ferdowsi Square successful Tehran connected March 3, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

She continued, "If instead, the U.S. holds steadfast connected sanctions and atomic reddish lines, it tin weaken the regime’s manus without punishing the Iranian people, who person already paid the highest price."

Daftari, the Iran expert, shared caller correspondence from 2 Iranians from Tabriz and Tehran.

The nonmigratory from Tabriz said, "From my perspective, decades of governmental hostility betwixt Iran and the United States person had their top interaction connected mean radical alternatively than those successful power. Many families consciousness their voices are not being heard successful planetary discussions astir Iran." Adding, "I respectfully inquire whether you mightiness see sharing oregon highlighting the quality broadside of this situation, truthful that the experiences of mean Iranian families are not overlooked successful governmental discussions and media coverage."

The Tehran nonmigratory said, "Today, the radical of Iran judge successful the future. On days erstwhile economical unit makes the faces of the Iranian radical sad, the connection ‘unity’ brings a grin to their lips. Our concern is not good, but we are motivated."

Fox News Digital surveyed a fewer Iranians and agreed to usage lone their archetypal names due to the fact that the clerical authorities has declared the usage of Starlink to bypass the censor a transgression act. A blase clandestine web has managed to smuggle immoderate outer net exertion into Iran to let radical to pass with the satellite extracurricular the Islamist state.

Two equipped members of Iran's constabulary peculiar forces basal down a state emblem placed connected an armored subject conveyance during a pro-Government rally successful downtown Tehran, Iran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hassan, who lives successful Tehran, pleaded with President Trump to support beardown successful his dealings with the regime, saying that "Things person gotten truthful atrocious that adjacent if you wanted to springiness up and permission Iran and conscionable absorption connected your ain beingness and work, it feels similar there’s obscurity near to turn. Mr. Trump, done these deals and arrangements, has near radical feeling trapped, with nary roadworthy near open."

Mehdi, who resides successful Tehran, expressed disorder astir the beingness of an agreement. He said, "So what precisely are they agreeing on? Are they saying they’re adjacent to a woody oregon are determination different discussions too? Every infinitesimal determination is simply a caller portion of news, everyone has a caller analysis, everything changes each minute. It’s strange. This warfare achieved nothing. We’re the lone ones near paying the price," helium complained.

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Hassan from Tehran said that "Mr. Trump, if until yesterday astir Iranians thought they were connected the aforesaid way arsenic America, you caused them each to go disappointed. "Mr. Trump, if you wanted this authorities to stay successful power, wherefore did you stroke up factories? Now workers are being laid off, and ostentation is retired of control. Even with a wage of 18 cardinal tomans, you cannot provender yourself."

Mahsa, from the Caspian Sea metropolis of Rasht, told Fox News Digital that the strategy [Islamic Republic of Iran] is inactive afloat intact. They don’t attraction however galore radical died. If anything, they look much emboldened present and adjacent instrumentality pridefulness successful martyrdom. Yesterday I argued with a authorities protagonist [who] said: "Our person didn’t springiness distant a azygous metre of land, didn’t instrumentality a measurement backward, dissimilar erstwhile kings who gave distant Bahrain, Baku, Nakhchivan, and others."

Protesters artifact a thoroughfare arsenic a assemblage gathers during a objection successful Tehran, Iran, connected Jan. 9, 2026. (Mahsa/Middle East Images/AFP)

The concerns among galore Iranians revolve astir the projected memorandum of knowing betwixt the U.S. and Iran’s regime. The MOU does not code the overthrow of the clerical authorities oregon quality rights violations, according to media reports.  Large numbers of Iranians wrong Iran and among the Iranian diaspora privation the Trump medication to topple the Islamist dictatorship successful Tehran.

The MOU reportedly involves a 60-day ceasefire extension. Israel and the U.S. launched a associated onslaught connected Iran connected February 28. The MOU would besides spot the reopening the Strait of Hormuz and caller talks implicit Iran's illicit atomic weapons program.

The leaked elements of the MOU person not been confirmed by the Trump administration.

When asked astir the interest among Iranians astir a woody with the Islamic Republic, Anna Kelly, a spokeswoman for the White House, told Fox News Digital that "For 47 years, American Presidents and countless different satellite leaders talked astir the menace posed by Iran, but nary 1 had the courageousness to code it. President Trump took decisive enactment to guarantee that Iran could ne'er harm our homeland, our troops, oregon our allies again. Once Iran’s atomic menace is removed for good, the full portion and its radical volition beryllium safer and much stable."

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Protesters march successful downtown Tehran, Iran, connected Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency/AP)

However, Trump said past week during his furniture meeting, "We didn’t acceptable retired for authorities change," adding, "But by the information that we’re dealing with a wholly antithetic radical of radical than we were astatine the opening … This is authorities change."

Reza Farnood, an Iranian American who supports the Trump medication and is simply a researcher, writer and activist, urged that President Trump proceed with his maximum unit run against Tehran.

Farnood told Fox News Digital, "We invited the bombing and attacking the authorities due to the fact that we are aiming to overthrow the regime." He urged that Trump proceed the blockade of Iran’s vessels and contradict wealth to the regime. He said sanctions alleviation volition beryllium utilized by Iran "against the U.S. and Israel and their allies and guiltless Iranians."

Farnood stressed that the clerical authorities is holding the Iranian radical "hostage."

Kianoosh, who lives successful the bluish metropolis of Karaj, the superior of  Alborz province, said astir Trump’s projected deal: "You threw six months of our lives into hell. What reply are "you going to springiness to the mothers of each those children who were killed? Why did you springiness radical mendacious hope? Why did you manus down a decease condemnation to everything truthful galore radical believed in?"

Leading U.S. Senators well-versed successful overseas argumentation person praised Trump’s attack to the Islamic Republic. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., precocious told Fox News’ Sean Hannity "On Trump’s watch, they’re [Iran’s regime] becoming poorer and weaker. That’s the difference."

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Graham juxtaposed Trump’s Iran argumentation with his predecessors. "Obama and Biden screwed Iran up, and Donald Trump is fixing it. On Obama and Biden’s watch, Iran became affluent and lethal," helium said. "On Trump’s watch, they’re becoming poorer and weaker. That’s the difference."

Iran is moving dangerously debased connected lipid retention capableness and could look a terrible economical breaking constituent if forced to halt production, erstwhile U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette precocious told Fox News.

Trump has said that Iran’s authorities murdered arsenic galore arsenic 45,000 Iranian demonstrators successful January 2026. He urged conscionable days aft the wide execution that protesters support going and promised them that "help is connected its way."

Lawdan Bazargan, a salient Iranian-American activistic who the authorities imprisoned successful its infamous Evin Prison successful Tehran successful the 1980s for governmental dissent, told Fox News Digital that the Iranians she’s spoken with are discouraged by Trump’s dealings. "He was 1 of the fewer satellite leaders who repeatedly spoke astir the thousands of Iranians killed successful January 2026 and expressed disgust astatine the sheer brutality of the Islamic Republic. He had promised enactment for the Iranian radical and raised expectations that meaningful alteration mightiness yet come."

Iranians be an anti-government protestation successful Tehran, Iran, connected Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

She continued: "Now, 88 days later, galore radical consciousness they are near facing the aforesaid regime, 1 that appears much emboldened, much ideological, and inactive consenting to repress, execute, and apprehension people. The system has been devastated, and galore consciousness trapped betwixt a authorities with nary mercy and a aboriginal with nary wide way forward.

For years, 90 cardinal Iranians person lived arsenic hostages of the Islamic Republic. Now, galore fearfulness that the consequences nary longer halt astatine Iran’s borders, done threats to planetary vigor routes, determination stability, and adjacent integer infrastructure."

According to Bazargan, "The question galore mean Iranians are asking is simple: How are radical expected to combat a strategy that feels victorious, controls the weapons, controls the communicative done a monolithic propaganda machine, and possesses countless tools of repression?"

A billboard successful Tehran displays Iran's ultimate leaders since 1979: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was appointed ultimate person connected March 9, 2026. (AFP/Via Getty Images)

Ali, who is besides from the sprawling superior metropolis of Tehran, complained astir the spiraling prices and ostentation and disappointment that the authorities is inactive successful place.

"For a authorities with state-provided lodging and billions successful patronage and privileges, what quality did immoderate of this marque for its supporters?"

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Ali added: "We’re the ones who are paying the terms and getting crushed. How are our children ever expected to spend these lodging and car prices, and however are they expected to get married?"

The U.S. State Department referred Fox News Digital to the White House for a comment.