Iranians Voice Fears and Hopes as War Approaches One-Week Mark
‘The streets are empty, the windows are gone’: Iranians describe life under bombardment as war enters second week
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran approach the end of their first week, residents in Tehran describe a capital of shattered glass, shuttered storefronts and competing emotions — fear, exhaustion and, for some, a fragile hope that the Islamic Republic’s grip may finally loosen after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In a series of interviews with Axadle Times, Iranians living inside the country spoke on…