An Iranian woman’s war diary: 'The news called it carpet bombing'

A young Iranian woman in Karaj, near Tehran, describes the devastating impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran on ordinary people. She sends fully verified daily updates when she can get online. Here, in the second of a four-part series, she explains how the current conflict has reawakened the terror she felt in January when thousands of protesters were killed

The shattered structure of a police station  after it was hit in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran. Picture: Vahid Salemi/AP

Day two

No, not everyone can or wants to leave the cities; many have nowhere to go. Many still have to work in the cities for their own survival and that of others.