“What should we do?” Seeking clarity in Tehran as Israeli jets fly overhead

Even though my sister was in Tehran’s voice, fear and stress were obvious, despite the miraculous miracle of whatsapp connections that cracked the crackle of whatsapp connections-still work from time to time.

She wanted to know that I was a BBC reporter, and that was what she wanted.

“What will happen? What should we do?” she asked. U.S. President Donald Trump said people in Tehran should evacuate. “Is he serious?”

Tehran has been repeatedly bombarded by Israeli planes since Thursday night, appearing to be flying freely in the sky of the capital. They are encountered by air defense fires, which is mainly invalid.

From the windows on the upper floor of the high-rise building, my sister could clearly see the movement, which was very little nerve to her.

The Israeli military has ordered people in her area – extending several kilometers in all directions – to evacuate. But she chose to stay.

She told me that as far as she knows, there are no military-type targets near her apartment block.

Still, she was concerned about the nearby commercial units – she thought the Revolutionary Guard had – which might be the target. She didn’t know what the company actually did.

Many people don’t know who their neighbors are or whether the military target is nearby, as most of the activities of the Revolutionary Guards are carried out from hidden locations.

Electricity and water are still available in many parts of the capital, but food supply is low.

Many stores have been closed, and more are closing. Even the bakery is closed – some are due to lack of flour, some may be due to the owner’s escape.

My sister refused to leave the city, unlike those who already owned by hundreds of thousands (and perhaps millions), mainly because she had nowhere to go.

Despite being packed with blocked roads and gasoline shortages, many residents have fled in recent days.

The streets of Tehran used to have traffic, but now they are very quiet.

Those who are hardly risky are worried about attacks.

Recent reports suggest that the long queues at gas stations have begun to ease, and the roads coming out of the capital are also less crowded.

Residents living near the country’s nuclear facilities face additional fear of the spread of radioactive pollution, as Israeli strikes have repeatedly targeted these locations in recent days.

So far, global nuclear regulators said the levels of radioactivity outside the two sites that were attacked and damaged on Friday have not changed.

People are asking where all this will lead to and how long it will last.

Nowadays, many people rely on Persian TV channels for news abroad.

The BBC Persian television services and their websites have become key sources. Although the internet is painfully slow for most cases, Iran’s internal network traffic almost doubled overnight.

Trump calls on Iran to surrender, but Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just announced that Iran will not surrender.

Few Iranians sympathize with the regime, but many fear that chaos and illegal acts will be severely unstable.