‘It feels like a missile is following me’: Iranians say daily life filled with fear and distrust

CNN — After days of tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and Iran, for the civilians caught up in Israel’s bombing campaign, life is filled with uncertainty. “This is war,” one 58-year-old father of two in the capital, Tehran, told CNN, adding, “no one really understands what that means.”

A week into the conflict, Iranians’ contact with the outside world is difficult, hampered by sporadic internet and phone coverage. Some – typically wealthy activists – have access to Starlink terminals providing independent internet access.

Speaking through voice recordings, messages and occasional calls, all the people interviewed asked CNN not to reveal their full names for fear of retribution from..…READ ORIGINAL & FULL CONTENT HERE