Iranian civilians injured by an Israeli strike on June 15 in central Tehran. Photo AFP
“The past three nights have been dominated by the sound of explosions. Both here in Tehran, and all over Iran,” wrote independent author Kaveh Rostamkhani on Instagram.After years of watching from afar the shadow war between the Islamic Republic and Israel, as well as successive conflicts between Israel and Iran’s regional proxies — primarily Hezbollah — Iranians are now discovering, with a sense of shock, the dull rumble of bombings just around the corner.“On Friday, I got up at 3:20 a.m. to the sound of a strike. At first, I thought it was construction noise. But with the second and third explosions, I realized it was a military aggression,” Rostamkhani told L’Orient-Le Jour, now filming Israeli strikes from his window in Tehran. More on the dynamics Why the weakening of Iran is getting mixed reactions in the Middle East Since...
“The past three nights have been dominated by the sound of explosions. Both here in Tehran, and all over Iran,” wrote independent author Kaveh Rostamkhani on Instagram.After years of watching from afar the shadow war between the Islamic Republic and Israel, as well as successive conflicts between Israel and Iran’s regional proxies — primarily Hezbollah — Iranians are now discovering, with a sense of shock, the dull rumble of bombings just around the corner.“On Friday, I got up at 3:20 a.m. to the sound of a strike. At first, I thought it was construction noise. But with the second and third explosions, I realized it was a military aggression,” Rostamkhani told L’Orient-Le Jour, now filming Israeli strikes from his window in Tehran. More on the dynamics Why the weakening of Iran is getting mixed reactions in the Middle...