Following a series of reported strikes on major Tehran expressways and military installations, Iranian anti-regime channels erupted in celebration and mockery while official resistance outlets confirmed the blasts.
Multiple Farsi-language Telegram channels reported a series of significant explosions across Tehran on March 2, 2026, primarily targeting military and state-affiliated infrastructure. The breaking news channel NE_WG reported strikes on the Shahid Bakari Expressway and specifically identified the IRGC headquarters at the intersection of Hemmat and Bakari as a target. The pro-Axis of Resistance channel Ansaroollah and its affiliated chat group ansarollahyamangroup corroborated the blasts, confirming an explosion on the Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway and on Bakari Expressway.
In the fiercely anti-regime public chat khabarfourigap, users crowdsourced additional damage reports. One post claimed a safe house for Basij and repression forces was struck at the 4th Square of Tehranpars, reporting that at least 17 corpses of Basijis were extracted from the ruins. Users also questioned whether a destroyed residential building in Narmak belonged to regime forces.
The strikes triggered massive jubilation across anti-government channels. In the khabarforial group, members celebrated the bombardment. One user cheered on the attackers, urging them to kill all IRGC bloodthirsty animals and expressing deep affection for Israel and America. Similarly, khabarfourigap users rejoiced that the deaths of Basij and IRGC mercenary killers had finally brought joy to the grieving mothers of javid nams—a term used by the opposition to describe fallen anti-regime protesters.
The anti-regime sentiment heavily featured vulgar satire directed at Iran's Supreme Leader. Users in khabarfourigap circulated a fake Ministry of Interior statement claiming Ali Khamenei had been killed by a missile lodged in his rear, which doctors were unable to remove, alongside spamming jokes about finding pieces of his ring in their food. The channel politicscafe, known for its satirical anti-government stance, mocked regime efforts in Karaj where authorities were driving around with loudspeakers inviting people to mourn. The channel dryly noted that if you told us to celebrate, maybe people would have come!
Despite the widespread celebration, some voices urged caution amid the chaos. A user in khabarforial called citizens idiots for watching the bombardment from the highways and urged them to go home. Another user in khabarfourigap expressed deep anxiety about the potential collapse of the national military, warning that if the entire IRGC and army are destroyed, the next ISIS unit will arrive on black horses and behead citizens in their homes.
Source messages show a stark contrast between factual and pro-resistance reporting of the strikes versus heavily vulgar, jubilant reactions from anti-regime civilian chat groups. The translation faithfully retains the violent and explicit rhetoric used by opposition members against the IRGC without sanitization.