On the ground in Tehran in the wake of the Israel-Iran ceasefire

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Inside Tehran successful aftermath of the Israel-Iran ceasefire

On the crushed successful Tehran successful the aftermath of the Israel-Iran ceasefire 03:25

Tehran — As the delicate ceasefire successful the Israel-Iran struggle continues to hold, a CBS News unit received support to participate Iran Wednesday to spot however conditions are connected the crushed successful its superior of Tehran. The Iranian authorities maintains choky power implicit its media and intimately monitors overseas journalists.

It took a CBS News unit much than 14 hours to thrust southbound from Turkey to Tehran.

The unit started its travel from the Turkish-Iranian borderline Tuesday nighttime section time, a astir 600-mile travel made longer by checkpoints and atrocious roads. CBS News applied for Iranian visas past week and they were granted Monday. 

As time broke Wednesday, CBS News travelled done a immense countryside that was arid, rocky and seemingly endless.

CBS News was forced to thrust successful due to the fact that adjacent though there is simply a ceasefire that took effect earlier this week, Iran's airspace was closed, but has since partially reopened.

Those with means person either fled to neighboring countries oregon recovered information distant from large cities.

Iran state  shortages Lines of cars astatine a state presumption successful Iran owed to a state shortage arsenic a effect of the Israel-Iran war. June 25, 2025.  CBS News

The warfare has triggered chronic substance shortages. CBS News saw agelong lines astatine state stations arsenic radical waited hours to capable their tanks.

CBS News reached Tehran to find a metropolis dilatory coming backmost to beingness after 12 days of adjacent changeless Israeli strikes. CBS News needed authorities support to sojourn areas that were heavy damaged by the Israeli strikes, thing it did not person Wednesday.

Last week, President Trump urged the full metropolis of Tehran, a colonisation of much than 9 cardinal radical — astir that of New York City — to evacuate. Most remained, and with the ceasefire inactive successful place, immoderate person started to task retired of their homes.

At Firdous Park, a historical gathering spot for Iranian thinkers and writers, a fewer of the cafés and restaurants had reopened and attracted students similar 32-year-old Mohammed Raziq. 

Cafe successful  Tehran People astatine a cafe successful the Iranian superior of Tehran connected June 25, 2025.  CBS News

"I anticipation it's going to beryllium continued," Raziq said of the ceasefire. "You know, warfare is not good, and my radical don't similar wars." 

Still, beingness successful Tehran remains acold from normal. This metropolis is the seat of power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who inactive looms large, including astatine adjacent regular rallies by hardline supporters.

But Khamenei has continued to stay retired of sight. And until helium addresses the nation, the Iranians CBS News spoke to accidental they consciousness they don't cognize what mightiness hap next. Raziq indicated that adjacent if Iranians are divided astir the regime, they are agreed astir the content successful their country.  

"People successful Iran person galore ideas, but astir war, they person 1 heart," Raziq said. "This is however I deliberation astir my people."

On the crushed  successful  Tehran successful  the aftermath  of the Israel-Iran ceasefire In the Iranian superior of Tehran connected June 25, 2025.  CBS News

Imtiaz Tyab

Imtiaz Tyab is simply a CBS News elder overseas analogous based successful London and reports for each platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings," "CBS Sunday Morning" and CBS News 24/7. He has extended acquisition reporting from large planetary flashpoints, including the Middle East and the warfare connected terror.

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