Iran: Civilians don’t have where to get away – the world

Numerous videos from Tehran who circulates social networks or are sent directly to relatives abroad, depict miles of traffic crowds on highways. Anyone who can, he tries to leave the city. In front of the gas stations, long rows are formed, and the fuel becomes deficient goods.

« It’s hard to believe, we’re in the middle of the war, » eyewitness reports. « You don’t know when – and worse – you don’t know where the next rocket could fall. »

The Israeli army was last Friday, 13. June, launched an attack on Iran in an attempt to disrupt the Iran’s nuclear program. Iranian nuclear facilities, facilities for production and maintenance of rockets, as well as oil and gas fields were bombed. In addition, nuclear scientists and the officers of the revolutionary guard were targeted in their homes targeted. Iran replied with missile attacks that hit several Israeli cities. By Monday morning, the number of victims in Israel increased to at least 24, according to local authorities. Almost 600 other people were injured.

Unlike Israeli cities, in the Iranian capital with over 15 million inhabitants there are no shelters from air attacks. Many targets affected in Tehran Friday are located in the heart of urban areas. Iran also has no shelter, or early warning systems in the rest of the country.

According to the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Hoosein Kermanpura, 224 people were killed in Israeli attacks until Sunday afternoon. More than 1,200 others were wounded and is located in hospitals across the country. More than 90 percent of them are civilians. The information provided by the parties in the conflict cannot currently be independently checked.

Helpless civilians

« Iranian civilians found themselves in crossfire, » said Iranian American analyst Holi Dagres. It is a senior associate of the Washington Institute, and in the week it has indicated how important it is to recognize the difficult position of « powerless, ordinary irans » – people « who do not have air danger to warn them.

Dagres emphasized: « Iranians are currently shocked and frightened, because they are in essence the war against their own people. But they do not want to grow more, Iranians. In this situation, they are completely powerless. »

Many do not know how to protect or where to escape. Fatemeh Mohangerani, a spokesman of the Iranian government, advised the population on Sunday on state television to look for a shelter in the metro cells, mosques and schools. « We will provide that it is available 24 hours a day. » That statement caused a wave of indignation on social networks. Many Iran users, some still active under their real names, asked, « What schools or mosques have ever been built as rocket shelters? »

« This is not a war between Iranian and Israeli people – and it must end as soon as possible, » said Sociologist Mehrdad Darvishpur for DW. He is a professor at the University of Melardalen in Sweden, and emphasizes: « The only way to prevent uncontrolled destruction in this war, is that all who are committed to peace and democracy are coming to the Israeli attacks and coasts Iran to negotiations. »

« Evacuate »

Fear and helplessness among the Iranian population continue to grow. On Monday morning, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel threatened by direct retaliation against Iranian capital after the nights killed more people: « The people of Tehran will pay the price – soon, » Israel Kac wrote. However, a few hours later, Kac qualified their statement: « I want to clarify the obvious: there is no intention to harm the people of Tehran – such as the killing dictator makes up the people of Israel, » he explained.

« Tehran’s citizens, » I’m evacuating! And we take actions’, « Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday. However, there is no information on where people should run and where they could really be safe.