By Brian Trusdell | Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 9:18 p.m. EST
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, predicted Saturday that the Iranian public would rise in the wake of strikes against its Islamic leadership and take control of the government, suggesting a more stable and peaceful state would emerge.
A member of the House Armed Services Committee and third-term retired Air Force veteran, Fallon dismissed criticism from Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who earlier accused President Donald Trump of starting a “dangerous and illegal” war.
“The imbecilic objections from the left, from Warren and others, maybe they don’t understand that we’re living in a very small and dangerous world and who Iran is,” he said during coverage of the strikes on Iran.
“But the president means business. He showed it. And I think what’s going to happen over the next couple of days is the Iranian people are going to rise up and take their country back,” he added.
An Islamic revolution toppled the U.S.-supported monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979, establishing an anti-Western theocratic state that has remained in power for 47 years.
“The American left is more critical of this strike than some nonaligned countries,” Fallon said. “So it’s really shocking, but they should be embarrassed. And this is a great day for American freedom.”
