You are about to read a rare and extraordinarily frank account of a woman’s life in Tehran during the recent US-Israeli bombardment.
The Iranian capital was subjected to an intense 40-day bombing campaign and a resident in her 30s, called Leila, tries to describe the complicated range of feelings she has experienced over the past six weeks.
We have changed her name to protect her identity.
Like a broad majority of Iranians, Leila does not support the country’s rigid, theocratic government. Yet the mass airstrikes, which were sold by the Americans as a means of eliminating the regime, have deeply unnerved her.
“Every night I just hid in the bathroom. I brought everything I needed inside – lights, batteries, food, and my dogs. They couldn’t eat and they had so much stress.”
She was candid about the damage it has done.
“I need to use my pills (but) the drugs and pills in Iran are very, very expensive right now and that shows most of the people are thinking exactly like me.
“You cannot find fluoxetine, Asentra, citalopram, and the other (anti-anxiety) drugs in the drugstores. That’s why I think most of the people are in my situation.”
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