Bombardment unleashes terror in Tehran with no sign of protests - Reuters
Bombardment unleashes terror in Tehran with no sign of protests Reuters
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""World, do you see? They are killing us. Hear our voice.""
— Firuzeh Seraj , Activist
""My 10-year-old daughter is on dialysis and now we are trapped. I'm afraid to take her to the hospital. What if they bomb it? Why are you bombing us?""
— Firuzeh Seraj , Activist
"We were happy with the news of Khamenei's death."
— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Politician
"No law allows regime change by bombing."
— Abdullah , Activist
"Israel was determined to act with or without US."
— Mike Johnson , Politician
Key People
Abdullah is a prominent voice in Iranian politics.
Supreme Leader of Iran.
Chandrasekaran is a business executive associated with Tata.
A resident of Tehran expressing her fears during the bombardment.
Mike Johnson is the Speaker of the House from Louisiana.
PM Modi is the Prime Minister of India.
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<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMisAFBVV95cUxONlAwcFhub3dpYzVxeXhPc1FmYk81eEdqNUMxQkdQcDJrQnBRZ0x1WVlZX3I0Yl81VERWMnpSTThsWXBYRHZFN0JSaWZYd1pmcFFSejUxMTZpNFM4b0V0bkRaLU52OTFTbGUyTXE3Njh3SngySGVmeGFyUmZ2Um5IeUpvTDlTVmJ5YS1iUzljeEVHOEJTMFpfejZuVEhlMFZLbzR1eHpubVpKV3l6ZDM0bg?oc=5" target="_blank">Bombardment unleashes terror in Tehran with no sign of protests</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>
US-Israeli airstrikes have killed hundreds in Tehran since Saturday, but no signs of an uprising have been found, with residents describing the city as a ghost town.
US-Israeli airstrikes since February 28 have devastated Tehran and southern Iran, killing hundreds—including over 150 schoolgirls in Minab—and leaving the capital abandoned amid fear and infrastructure collapse, with no signs of an uprising.
Iranians are gripped by fear and hope as the US and Israel wage a massive bombardment designed to cripple the country's clerical rulers, with no signs of an uprising on the eerily quiet streets of major Iranian cities.
Tehran feels like a ghost town, with residents who have not fled remaining shut away in their homes for fear of new explosions from the US-Israeli bombardment.
Residents began to flee Tehran and head towards the countryside on Sunday as Israeli attacks on the Iranian capital escalated, with bombs raining down on residential and government buildings alike.
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