'We are in a war zone,' Iranians speak out as Israeli strikes continue hitting regime targets

As Israeli airstrikes pounded Tehran this week—including a nonstop deed connected Iran’s authorities tv headquarters—residents successful the superior described a metropolis gripped by fearfulness and confusion.

In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, an autarkic writer based successful Tehran, who withheld their sanction for fearfulness of reprisal, said, "I hatred the Islamic Republic, but my state is nether attack. Our location was shaking from the blasts and missiles an hr agone portion I was successful the newsroom covering the news. We are successful a warfare zone."

According to the journalist, the Israeli onslaught connected the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) compound deed hard—physically and symbolically.

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Waving Iran emblem supra skyline of Tehran astatine sunset.  (iStock)

"The workplace that was bombed yesterday is portion of the regime’s authorities broadcaster, a mouthpiece for propaganda that has ne'er represented the people. For years, we imagined the autumn of IRIB arsenic the last section successful the illness of the Islamic Republic. But yesterday, for a fewer minutes, we were each successful shock," they said. "Ordinary radical don’t ticker the regime’s TV, but the onslaught connected it felt strangely symbolic—like the satellite was shifting."

Another autarkic Iranian writer ironically added, "I’ve watched the video of the TV presumption being bombed portion connected aerial implicit and implicit again, and couldn’t halt laughing."

A rocket struck the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) during a unrecorded broadcast showing demolition of the workplace and the newsman escaping to safety. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Despite the chaos, journalists similar them are inactive trying to report. "We don’t cognize the nonstop fig of casualties, and adjacent the authorities numbers aren’t trustworthy. We can’t entree the onslaught sites—security forces propulsion america away. And the crackdown connected reporters has lone gotten worse."

Internet entree has been mostly severed. "Most of the time, the net doesn’t enactment astatine all," they added. "But we effort to support going."

Another Tehran nonmigratory told Fox News Digital they lone learned astir the standard of the attacks aft concisely regaining net access. "I was hiding during the bombing. I had nary thought what was happening. Has the U.S. intervened? Is this going to continue?" they asked.

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People stitchery successful the thoroughfare successful the aftermath of Israeli strikes, successful Tehran, Iran, Jun.13, 2025.  (West Asia News Agency via REUTERS)

The disorder comes arsenic Washington debates whether to articulation the struggle militarily oregon prosecute a diplomatic solution with Tehran. Some successful the Trump medication reportedly favor a deal to debar further escalation, portion others advocator for a much forceful stance.

Meanwhile, President Trump's connection was seemingly seen by Iranians erstwhile helium urged civilians to evacuate Tehran. On Truth Social yesterday, "IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it implicit and implicit again! Everyone should instantly evacuate Tehran!"

The effect was reportedly swift, resulting successful a wide exodus from the capital. "People are terrified," said a nonmigratory of Tehran. "They’re locking their doors and fleeing the city. Roads are packed. But for those of america who stay—it’s not casual either. All night, we perceive missiles, bombings, explosions."

" I don’t privation to permission my home. But yes—I’m scared," they added.

FILE. Iranians roseate up successful 2022 against the regime. In this photograph taken by an idiosyncratic not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP extracurricular Iran shows students of the Sharif University of Technology be a protestation sparked by the decease of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini successful the custody of the country's morality police, successful Tehran, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.  (AP Photo)

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They besides responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who connected Monday urged Iranians to emergence up, saying, "No 1 thought the Assad authorities would fall, but it did."

"You’re bombing a metropolis of 10 cardinal and telling radical to emergence up?" adding, "When radical are nether fire, they don’t commencement a revolution—they instrumentality structure oregon flee."