I have never been to Iran. But I read "All the Shah's Men" (about the 1953 coup d'état) and I follow international relations more than I probably should - certain well known people via YouTube, lots of OSINT people on X, and I even listen to UN security council meetings from time to time. And I share what I think I know.

I'm not clear on what Trump's goals are. It wasn't stopping a nuclear weapon (he knows they were not working on one). But now it seems it wasn't regime change either since it was "one and done". Maybe he was somehow required to do this for Netanyahu, and he did as little as he promised to seal some secret deal. Or maybe he's not done.

As for Iran, everything they do makes sense to me. The IAEA shared details with Israel who used them to assassinate. They also failed to condemn the US attack on nuclear facilities. Iran can't (and shouldn't) trust them anymore, so they are stopping cooperation with them. Of course this makes the chance that Iran develops nuclear weapons higher, not lower.

A lot of bombs fell in Tehran and around Iran. I don't have information on where, or what it was like for Iranians. I'm interested in hearing about that myself.