Leily Nikounazar

6 days ago | smh.com.au | Farnaz Fassihi |Leily Nikounazar |Parin Behrooz

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An 8-year-old girl who loved dancing in a red dress at her dentist’s office. A 28-year-old national equestrian champion. A poet one week away from her 24th birthday. A graphic designer who worked at National Geographic. Grandparents in their 80s. All are among the civilians killed during Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Warning: This story contains graphic details.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Farnaz Fassihi |Leily Nikounazar |Parin Behrooz

An 8-year-old girl who loved dancing in a red dress at her dentist’s office. A 28-year-old national equestrian champion. A young poet one week away from her 24th birthday. A graphic designer who worked at National Geographic. Grandparents in their 80s. All are among the civilians killed during Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Leily Nikounazar |Farnaz Fassihi |Vivian Yee

As Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian cities, and Iranian forces fired back, Meisam, 41, an Iranian poet and writer, decided it was time to leave Tehran. On Sunday night, he joined the crowds of people fleeing the Iranian capital and headed for his hometown in East Azerbaijan Province. Meisam, who asked to be identified only by his first name because of the sensitivity of the situation, said he drove through areas where smoke from explosions hung in the air.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Leily Nikounazar

When Iran banned dog walking in 2019, few dog owners were all that worried about the order. But after years of lax enforcement, officials in recent days have pledged to crack down, according to the state news media. Prosecutors in at least 20 cities cited public health risks and threats to public safety in announcing the heightened enforcement of the bans, which include both dog walking and driving with dogs.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Leily Nikounazar

Fiscales de al menos 20 ciudades alegaron riesgos para la salud y la seguridad pública al anunciar la aplicación estricta de una regla de 2019, que prohíbe pasear perros y conducir con ellos. Cuando Irán prohibió pasear a los perros en 2019, pocos dueños de mascotas caninas se preocuparon demasiado por la orden. Pero tras años de aplicación laxa, en los últimos días las autoridades han prometido tomar medidas enérgicas, según los medios de comunicación estatales.