‘It’s As If I’m Dreaming’: Iranians Recount the First Day of the War, and the Death of Khamenei

IRAN-ISRAEL

Iranians say the war is unfolding in phases. The first roared across the skies on Saturday morning . “I had just stepped out of the shower, getting prepared to go out, when the sound of low-flying aircraft startled me,” said Salman, a 45-year-old contractor living in Tehran. “Seconds later, when the sound of two explosions reached us, I realized it had started.” “I was in a car,” said Marziyeh, a 40-year-old graphic artist. “The music was loud, but suddenly I noticed the drivers around me hit