Iranian pro-regime Telegram channels are widely sharing a report about German internet commentators who expressed astonishment at the steadfastness of Iranian crowds during a recent bombing, praising them for standing firm and chanting instead of fleeing.
Iranian Telegram channels aligned with state and military narratives are heavily promoting a broadcast by German internet commentators who reportedly expressed astonishment at the resilience of the Iranian public during a recent bombing.
According to the IRGC News Channel, a prominent channel affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the hosts of a well-known German internet program were amazed after watching live footage of the Iranian people's reaction to an ongoing bombardment. The pro-military channel quotes the hosts as stating, "These are not people who surrender." The IRGC-aligned channel further reported the German commentators observing that anyone else would have fled right now and many would have been trampled; but these people not only don't flee, rather they stand firm and chant.
The regional news outlet Akharin Khabar Lorestan echoed the exact same narrative, emphasizing the steadfastness of the Iranian crowd under fire. The channel highlighted the German hosts' conclusion that while any other nation would likely have escaped, the people of Iran stood resolute and chanted slogans.
Both channels utilize these reported foreign remarks to reinforce a domestic narrative of unyielding national resistance and defiance in the face of military strikes.
Both source messages are nearly identical in phrasing, indicating a centralized talking point or syndicated news copy distributed across various Iranian state-aligned and regional Telegram channels. The specific German internet program is not named in either source.