As Trump threatens Irans infrastructure, a Tehran couple wonders how to prepare
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Zahra Arghavan and Mehdi Alishir stood on their balcony, watching the sun set over Tehran and bracing for the sound of airstrikes. As time ticks down on U. S. President Donald Trump's latest ultimatum, their thoughts were clouded by new fears: How long will the power be out if plants are bombed? How would they leave the city if the bridges are taken out?Five weeks on, they have grown used to the roar of American and Israeli fighter jets, the sound of and in...
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