Over Friday and Saturday, the traffic back into Tehran was heavy. People who had evacuated were returning to the city after what had felt like two days of relative calm that they hoped would stretch into more. Some government offices were meant to open today.
Instead, that sense of calm was proved false by the U.S. strikes last night.
Downtown Tehran yesterday. Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto via Getty Images
Now, there's heightened security entering Tehran: multiple checkpoints along the roads, and cars are being thoroughly searched to identify any potential internal threats. The people who are returning are not doing it because it feels safe, but because they have to.
Inside Tehran, most places are still closed. Only essential medical services are running and maybe a few drugstores for urgent needs. Government jobs are on hold, some private companies are working remotely, and factories are opening if their workers are willing to return. Many are scared for their lives, and the city remains mostly empty and eerie, more empty even than during the pandemic.
thecasey1981 on June 23rd, 2025 at 00:34 UTC »
Did someone forget the war of 1812?
colepercy120 on June 22nd, 2025 at 23:08 UTC »
Imo: A strike on the American homeland is a mistake no one makes twice. It has been done 3 times in American history. Mexico did it in the 1840s and lost half their country, Japan did in 1941 and lost their empire, bin Laden did it in 2001 and lead to america rampaging across the middle east. An attack on the us homeland would lead to a massive escalation in numbers and kind. America launched 2 invasions over a single terror attack, what would a string of bombings in American cities with hundreds or thousands of civilian deaths cause?
colepercy120 on June 22nd, 2025 at 23:05 UTC »
Submission statement: Iran has threatened to activate terrorist sleeper cells in the American homeland to retaliate for yesterday's attacks. Along with a campaign of cyber attacks at American critical infrastructure and an assassination campaign of americans abroad. The federal government is taking this seriously with increased security at federal biuldings and the vice president saying they are watching for the possibility of a strike on the us homeland.