Women in Iran...........8 Mar 2026 11:29
People would 'rather die in bombing than in the Islamic Republic’s prisons' - woman in Tehran
published at 10:57
10:57
"Nobody likes war - it’s terrifying," one woman in Tehran tells BBC Persian.
"But those two months were so horrible that people just couldn’t take it anymore," she says, referring to the government's violent shutdown of protests earlier this year.
People would "rather die in bombing than in the Islamic Republic’s prisons, where there’s torture and sexual violence," she says.
"Maybe it’s hard to understand for people who aren’t here," she adds.
"Iranians aren’t warmongers or foolish - they’ve just suffered so much that they’ve reached their limit, and all they want is a normal life," she says.