In the hours after the roar of fighter jets and massive blasts tore through an otherwise unusually silent Tehran on Sunday, the sulphurous smell of explosives still lingered in the air.
Apart from the plumes of grey and black smoke twirling into the sky, Tehran’s skyline — typically obscured by smog and pollution — was unusually clear, the backdrop of mountains encircling the city still sharply visible.
In areas around Vanak Square in central Tehran, where a towering bronze statue depicts the hero of Persian mythology Arash the Archer loosing his arrow, people were busy sweeping glass to the curb from windows shattered by strikes.
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