'My daughter is under the rubble': Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises
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Image caption, Military experts say the scale and spread of the damage observed in Resalat is consistent with the use of a powerful bomb called the Mark 84
ByNawal Al-Maghafi, Senior international investigations correspondent and Ruzgar Akgun, Ishaan Jhaveri and Emile Costard, BBC Eye
A mother stands by the rubble, crying out for her daughter.
For days she has been waiting for rescue workers to dig through the flattened remains of what was once her daughter's flat in Resalat, a residential district in eastern Tehran.
"They don't have the manpower to get her out," the woman says.
"My daughter is under the rubble... she's afraid of the dark."
For a month, Iran has been at war with the US and Israel, which have been carrying out strikes across the country at targets linked to the regime.
But these attacks are also having a devastating impact on civilians living nearby.
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Our analysis shows there has been a series of attacks on state-linked targets that are embedded in civilian neighbourhoods in Tehran, with deadly consequences for those living around them.
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Several people we spoke to said they had received no guidance on where to go or how to protect themselves during attacks.
"There are no sirens, no warnings," one resident said. "You just hear the explosion."
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The United States and Israel say they are targeting the infrastructure of the Iranian state.
But in a city where that infrastructure sits side-by-side with homes, shops and schools, the consequences are being felt far beyond the named targets.
For those living through it, that pressure is measured in homes lost, families shattered, and a growing sense that nowhere is truly safe.
One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.
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