ark_rMar 8
Tim Mak
Good morning to readers. #Oil prices surged to $92 per barrel (+29% compared to pre-war).

Setare left #Iran for #Turkey days before the #war.
Now, she watches from afar as the places she loved are targeted by strikes, processing it through brief calls and broken Iranian internet. https://www.iranwar.news/p/hey-is-my-home-still-standing
Hey, is my home still standing?

A deeply personal view into the difficulties of finding out basic facts in wartime Iran, where information escapes only through spurts of data that manage to bypass the internet blackouts.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
Mar 8 at 7:08pmWeb
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Setare’s phone rang: it was a video call from her friend in Shahsavar, a city in northern #Iran, that lasted all but one minute.
But during that minute, Setare could hear #explosions through the phone.
Her friend sounded terrified.
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Usually when there is danger in #Tehran, everyone goes to the mountains up north, Setare said.
“But even there, I could hear the bombs through the phone.”
Then, the connection dropped.
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Just hours after the first U.S.-Israeli #strikes, #Iran fell into an internet shutdown with traffic down to 1 percent of typical levels, according to NetBlocks, a company that maps internet freedom.
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It is the second time this year that #Iranian authorities have cut internet access nationwide—the first came during #protests that erupted in January.
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Setare was still living in central #Tehran, not far from the compound of Iran’s recently-killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei, a key target of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the regime.
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Read more about Setare's experience as she tries to stay connected to her home in #Iran via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/hey-is-my-home-still-standing
Hey, is my home still standing?

A deeply personal view into the difficulties of finding out basic facts in wartime Iran, where information escapes only through spurts of data that manage to bypass the internet blackouts.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
Show threadTim MakMar 8
Missed our story about the #Kurdish struggle for self-determination and why this moment could be critical for them? Read it via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/inside-a-kurdish-movement
Inside a Kurdish movement

Rumors of CIA backing and Trump calls to Kurdish officials swirl. A top-ranking official in Komala leadership, Kako Alyar, explains what Kurdish fighters actually believe is coming next.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak