‘I haven’t slept for days’: Iranians describe mounting desperation after a month of war

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We cannot give Setareh’s real name or say what kind of work she does – no detail that might possibly identify her to the regime’s secret police. But we can say that she is a young woman from Tehran who loved going to work, where she could meet her friends, share stories of their lives and, of course, there was the guarantee of weekly wages.