Tehran residents try to stay safe from bombing and cling to their livelihoods as war stretches into third week
p to 3.2 million people have been temporarily displaced in Iran since the start of the US-Israeli military campaign, the UN’s refugee agency estimates, a figure that is likely to rise as the war stretches into a third week.
A burning oil depot in the distance after an airstrike, 8 March.
While many Iranians have fled Tehran and other major cities to seek shelter in rural areas or the mountains to the north, millions remain in their homes in the capital despite regular airstrikes.
Zeinab, a 30-year-old jewellery designer, is one of them. For privacy, she and all others interviewed are referred to by their first names only.
