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‘We're All in Shock': Iranians React to U.S. Attack on Nuclear Sites
The Israel-Iran war that broke out over the past week has already upended life for Iran's 90 million people, killing more than 400 and injuring more than 3,000, according to the country's Health Ministry. Countless others have fled to safety in the countryside or neighboring states.
Now, after a direct American attack on three of Iran's nuclear facilities, many Iranians said in phone interviews that they faced an uncertain and frightening future.
'We're all in shock — none of us expected that, within six or seven days, we'd reach this point,' said Peyman, a 44-year-old business executive who asked that his last name not be used because of concern over reprisals from the authorities.
After Israel launched its military assault last week a missile hit nearby on his commute to work, and he decided to escaped Tehran. Now his immediate family, parents, in-laws and brother's family are all sheltering in one house in northern Iran. His primary concern is for his 9-year-old daughter.
'I grew up in war, so the sound of bombardment doesn't scare me, but I left because of my daughter,' he said. 'I fear soon we're going to have a shortage of water and food.'
Iranians awoke to the news of the American attack on Sunday feeling a combination of sorrow and anger.
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