'We Lost Everything, but We Will Resist', Says Family Whose Home Was Bombed in Tehran
Key takeaways
- The couple’s apartment in the Lavizan neighborhood of Tehran was hit on March 6, when Zeynab was nine months pregnant.
- The family survived because they were inside a mosque at the time of the explosion.
- Despite losing all their belongings, the family remains resilient.
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The couple’s apartment in the Lavizan neighborhood of Tehran was hit on March 6, when Zeynab was nine months pregnant.
The family survived because they were inside a mosque at the time of the explosion. They are currently living in a government-funded hotel housing other displaced residents. According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, the conflict that began on February 28 has already damaged or destroyed more than 125,000 civilian structures, including 90,000 homes.
Despite losing all their belongings, the family remains resilient. "We will resist. We lost everything, but we are alive," Morteza said. The couple’s nine-year-old son, Mohammad Hassan, plans to become a civil engineer to help rebuild destroyed homes in the country.