00:01These rare images coming out of Iran were filmed on Sunday night.
00:09Moshtaba, referring to Moshtaba Khamenei.
00:13His nomination as the new supreme leader was announced on state television.
00:17He's replacing his father, who was killed on the 28th of February.
00:26Despite internet restrictions, our team has been able to interview several Iranians,
00:31who we've anonymized for their security.
00:40The nomination of Moshtaba Khamenei is the worst news we could have had during this war.
00:48We were already living in difficult circumstances.
00:53It gives me a horrible feeling, the worst I could have.
00:57I hope, as they said, they will get rid of him quickly,
00:59because the people who are supposedly divided have one thing in common.
01:03They want to get rid of the Islamic Republic.
01:08A point of view shared by Dariush, a Tehran resident who reached us via encrypted message.
01:15Since his nomination, our hopes have been crushed.
01:20We feel that they might announce an end to the war, without any concrete change.
01:26And that the objectives of the people won't be achieved.
01:30We will be back to step one, or in an even worse situation.
01:37For around ten days, Iranians have been subjected to incessant bombing throughout the country.
01:45Over the weekend, a strike to an oil depot in Tehran saw the capital smothered in black smoke.
01:59I went out once or twice to go to the shops. There was nobody in the streets.
02:06Other residents chose to leave the city.
02:12The main reason I left was the pollution in the air, because we don't know when the fire will be
02:17completely put out.
02:18The second reason is that, for the last few days, I have been shut in at home.
02:22I needed to get some fresh air.
02:26This hit to Iran's energy infrastructure means there are now concerns about petrol supply shortages across the country.
02:37I'd prefer if the bombs there dropping hit military targets.
02:42There are so many bases, so many checkpoints and barracks, rather than targeting our oil depots.
02:51Because of this, the petrol stations will only let us fill up 20 litres a day.
02:57And the queues have got very long.
03:03It's very worrying. A lot of people want to be able to travel.
03:06The authorities say there is no shortage, but this rationing shows the truth.
03:11Despite the strikes, which have taken out much of the country's leadership,
03:15the regime and its supporters seem to be clinging on to power.
03:25Supporters of the regime take to the streets every night between 8 and 10 pm.
03:29It's as if they have a fixed meeting.
03:32Repressive tactics are still being deployed.
03:35I'd say about 70% of the regime is still there.
03:38In the streets and in the main squares, we can see military vehicles like you see in Hollywood films.
03:43These vehicles are so frightening, we don't dare to approach them.
03:50Vahid, who had hoped the war would be beneficial, is now starting to worry.
03:58I don't understand what their plan is, what's their endgame.
04:01This speaks so confusingly, whether it's Trump, Netanyahu, or Pete Hegseth.
04:13For many Iranians, their main feeling about the war is uncertainty.
04:18There's been no let-up since it started on the 28th of February.
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