US-Israel | Pakistan

After a month of US-Israel war on Iran with no clear end in sight, Iranians tell AFP about how life has changed, about watching missiles fall, and how security forces have tightened their grip. Here is a collection of interviews conducted with Iranians, mostly people in Tehran, who shared their experiences with AFP journalists outside the country. Their names have been changed to protect their identities. Iran has been arresting and warning citizens about speaking to journalists or sending images outside the country amid an internet blackout and severe phone network restrictions. Economic pressure Iran was already suffering economically before the war, but the conflict has sparked even higher inflation and brought many industries to a standstill. “My income comes from my online shop, but for the past two months I’ve had no income at all,” Golnar from Tehran told AFP. “In our family, everyone is working and we don’t even pay rent, yet we still can’t think about things like going to restaurants or any kind of l...

Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced nationwide protests on Friday against US-Israel attacks on Iran and to express solidarity with the neighbouring country, according to a press release issued by the party’s information secretary. The statement said that JI emir met Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam in Islamabad and addressed a press conference following the meeting, in which he strongly criticised the US, Israel, and India and described them as an “evil trinity”. It added that Rehman also termed the Board of Peace led by US President Donald Trump, of which Pakistan is a member, as deceptive and demanded the government withdraw from it. The statement added that during the meeting, the JI emir also conveyed condolences over the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders in US-Israeli strikes. “He offered prayers for the departed and assured the ambassador that the people of Pakistan and Jamaat-i-Islami stand firmly with Iran in the current...

US President Donald Trump has claimed that joint US-Israel strikes have killed at least 48 senior Iranian officials, including the country’s Supreme Leader, asserting that much of Iran’s leadership has been decimated and several officials are seeking to surrender.