'War or peace?': Iranians exhausted by prospect of renewed fighting

Residents of Tehran are anxious about the prospect of full-scale war resuming, following tit-for-tat strikes between arch-foes Iran and Israel that marked a threat to the fragile ceasefire thus far.

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A fireball and smoke erupt from a building following an Israeli strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on May 28, 2026.[AFP]

Residents of Tehran awoke on Monday anxious and drained by the prospect of full-scale war resuming, following tit-for-tat strikes between arch-foes Iran and Israel that marked the greatest threat to the fragile ceasefire thus far.

"We don't know if there will be a war, nor if a peace deal will last," said Maryam, a 41-year-old accountant speaking to AFP in Tehran's central Valiasr Square.

She described a pervasive "sense of uncertainty and confusion" after Israeli strikes on Tehran on Sunday, which came in response to Iranian strikes on Israel.