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Tehran on alert, shops closed and streets empty after Trump's evacuation order
2025-06-17 11:34:33 / BOTA
Tehran has become a ghost town, with several deaths reported from Israeli attacks.
The shelling continues and smoke can be seen rising in many places. The city center is emptying. Many shops remain closed, including the city's Grand Bazaar. Such scenes are extremely rare, having previously only appeared during anti-government protests or at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The scene is different at gas stations and bakeries, where crowds of people wait patiently. Long lines are also seen at gas stations in the Iranian capital. Traffic also remains heavy on the roads leading from Tehran to the west, while some appear to be heading towards the Caspian region. The wave of flight has intensified, following Donald Trump's message to Iranians to leave the city. "Everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately!" he wrote on Truth Social.
Iranian authorities insist that everything is under control. Unlike Israel, Iran has no warnings of imminent attacks, nor shelters for vulnerable civilians to take refuge in.
Iranian state media reported that three people were killed and four wounded in an Israeli attack on a checkpoint near the central city of Kasan, without specifying whether they were civilians or soldiers. State-run IRIB television, for its part, reported that three people were killed in an Israeli attack on its headquarters in Tehran yesterday. “Three employees of the television station were killed and others were wounded in the Israeli attack,” the channel said on Monday.
" I don't want my beautiful Tehran to become Gaza "
Tehran residents are expressing fear, confusion, helplessness, and conflicting emotions.
“ We haven’t slept ,” a 21-year-old music student, who did not want to give her real name, told the BBC. She refuses to leave the city, trapped in a war between a regime she hates and Israel. “ I don’t want my beautiful Tehran to become Gaza ,” she said.
" Sadness, fear and regret "
Another woman told BBC Persian that when she was informed of the deaths of powerful Iranian military officials, she felt outraged, as the image of their power crumbled. But then she learned that ordinary people had also been killed. "I started to feel sadness, fear and regret," she said.
Then the woman felt angry as she was informed that a natural gas field had been struck. She feared that Israel was trying to destroy Iran, and for the first time she began to prepare for death.
The attack has divided Iranians. Some celebrate the regime's defeat, while others are angry at those who cheer for Israel. Many are undecided, constantly changing their minds about what they believe.
More than 220 people – many of them women and children – have been killed since Friday, according to Iranian authorities.
Some families have managed to escape. For one, it took 14 hours for a journey that normally takes only three. When they reached their destination, they felt lucky. But others have doubts about whether they should do something similar. “The roads are blocked. It’s absurd to get in a car and get stuck in endless lines,” says one resident, while others say that even if they leave the Iranian capital, they have nowhere to go.
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