After Trump pauses war, Iranians fly flags of victory, not surrender ^90%

The Washington Post - By Steve Hendrix - 4/9/2026, 9:00 AM

Framing Effect 59.5% - False Dilemma 59.5% - Availability Heuristic 45.6%

LONDON — Shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to erase the “whole civilization” of Iran, all 6,000 years of it, the crowds came out into the streets of Tehran waving flags — and not white ones. They bore the green, white and red banners of the still-standing Islamic Republic. Some set fire to the star-spangled ones of the... more