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‘Iran is being destroyed in front of our eyes’: Tehran is gripped by fear

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A girl steps through the ruins of an auto service center that was targeted by US-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran.

A girl in the ruins of an auto service centre that was targeted by US-Israeli air strikes in Tehran, Iran.

PHOTO: NYTIMES/ARASH KHAMOOSHI

Farnaz Fassihi

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- A mother huddling with her small child in the bathroom, trying to shield them against the explosions rocking their neighbourhood. Younger relatives frantically wheeling a 90-year-old bedridden patriarch to the hallway minutes before the windows shattered. A family of four descending from their 22nd-floor apartment by staircase, avoiding the elevator for fear the power may go out.

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