Thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran after the Israeli military warned civilians to evacuate the capital over more bombardments to come.
Yesterday’s exodus carried on into Monday with traffic jams out of Tehran becoming the norm as panicked citizens rush to avoid the looming airstrikes on the fourth day of missile exchanges between Israel and Iran.
The exodus is mainly driven by the lack of public bomb shelters in Tehran, where residents are expected to hide out the strikes in either their basements or in the subway.
“My parents are scared. Every night there are attacks, no air raid sirens, and no shelters to go to,” fleeing resident Arishia, 29, told Reuters. “Why are we paying the price for the Islamic Republic’s hostile policies?”
Iranian authorities have dismissed the evacuation warnings from the Israel Defense Forces as nothing more than “psychological warfare,” calling on residents at the capital to remain calm.
Tehran’s words, however, have done little to reassure its citizens as many fear they’ll run out of time to evacuate before the next set of missiles hit.
With Post wires