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'Even under missiles we carry on living' - how young Iranians are coping with war

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain. But life goes on, even as the war drags on. Sahar, a woman in her 20s, told BBC Persian that she was spending most days sheltering at home in Tehran, cooking, reading, and playing a life simulation video game. "I think my creativity has increased during the war. I'm constantly stressed and end up building prettier homes in the game," she said. Sahar - whose name, as with the other contributors, has been changed for safety reasons - found out on Tuesday that a woman she had gone to school with had been killed. "Her body hasn't been found. I felt horrible after hearing it," she said. "Why do we have to experience such horror when we're in the prime years of our youth? I just want this to end before Nowruz.…

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