“One of the things that I rued the last couple of days was watching CNN, Fox, and MSNBC—or MS Now, as it’s called—and these repeated references to this tiny demonstration in Los Angeles. It was between 200 and 300 people jumping up and down, dancing, singing, and applauding the attack.
Well, these are mostly Iranian Jews, most of whom settled in Southern California—many of them in Beverly Hills. These were pro-Shah people who fled in 1979 and took their wealth with them. That’s not the average Iranian.
You know, there are demonstrations in Tehran that are pro-government that have had hundreds of thousands of people. And so, I think we’ve grossly underestimated the domestic support that this Iranian government has.”
John Kiriakou : Iranian Retaliation Strikes the CIA
Streamed live on Mar 2, 2026