Image source, EPAByFergal KeaneSpecial correspondentPublished2 April 2026 Warning: this article contains details which some readers may find distressing. Until that moment the war was something happening in other parts of Tehran. It had not touched the lives of "Setareh" and her colleagues. Then she heard an ominous noise and vibrations reached into the office. She called out to her workmates: "I think it's a bomb." They left their desks and climbed the stairs to the roof of the building. "We saw smoke rising into the sky, but we didn't know what place had been targeted," she recalls. "After that, everyone working in the company panicked. People were shouting and screaming and running away. For one to two hours the situation stayed like that complete chaos." That same day her boss shut the business and laid off his staff. Iranians mark their New Year with anger, fear, and defiance Published25 March
Published: April 2, 2026 4:09 pm
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