from can@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 03:19
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56192207
Window into Iran
Many Iranians whom CBC News interviewed feared speaking publicly. Often, when they agreed to interviews, they often requested that their name or image be withheld because they feared facing reprisal. Iran’s brutal clerical regime frequently imprisons and kills those seen to be expressing dissent.
Hundreds are crossing the border every day, including those who are returning to the country from abroad, and had to make the journey in by vehicle as the airspace over Iran has been closed.
Many of those who are leaving have dual citizenship or family or business opportunities abroad.
[…]
An Iranian American, who only wanted to be identified as Bridget, said she was scheduled to fly out of Tehran just as the U.S. strikes began. She was already on the plane when the pilot announced the flight would be grounded and everyone needed to get off. It took her two days to reach and cross the border. Once she got there, she said she joined a small crowd of Iranians waiting to leave.“People were actually asking me, you know, ‘The United States not gonna win, is it?’” she said.
“And I really thought they were joking…. I mean, we just have to see what the losses are here.”
#world
threaded - newest