Recently created accounts of dubious provenance on hacker news are not "its people". The views of its people can be determined through polling.
E.g. https://wanaen.com/nearly-70-of-iranians-believe-country-can...
"72% of Iranians oppose stopping the development of missile technology as a means of avoiding possible U.S. military action."
Or
https://www.cissm.umd.edu
/research-impact/publications/iranian-public-opinion-soon-after-twelve-day-war
"This survey found notable signs of the "rally-round-the-flag effect" that many observers were commenting on at that time, including very positive appraisals of some aspects of their government’s and military’s performance during the war."