AFP reporters have been speaking to a range of people living in Iran to build a picture of life under daily US and Israeli bombardment despite an internet blackout and major communication problems.
Here is a selection of their comments, either from people who sent messages to AFP reporters or from those interviewed at the borders as they fled.
AFP is withholding identifying information for their security.
– My son ‘has no understanding of war’ –
A 37-year-old man in Bukan, northwest Iran:
