said<\/a> its overnight strikes had targeted \u201csurveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities.\u201d It made no mention of civilian infrastructure, though President Trump has frequently threatened to bombard such sites, including power plants and bridges.<\/p>\nNightly attacks in Ahvaz have become a familiar pattern, according to Emad, a 34-year-old trader there. \u201cThat said,\u201d he added, \u201csome people are still frightened by the explosions, especially those living closer to the targeted areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emad said that as far as he could tell, the strikes had targeted the city\u2019s southeastern periphery, where there are military bases and installations, rather than its center.<\/p>\n
Elnaz, a 30-year-old resident of Ahvaz, said Thursday night had been the worst night since the fighting resumed.<\/p>\n
Her friends\u2019 and family\u2019s young children \u201cwere especially frightened,\u201d she said. \u201cThe blast waves were so close that we thought if we stepped outside, we would find the entire city destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since then, the attacks have not been as severe, Elnaz said, but each night is unpredictable.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of us knows what kind of attack will happen once night falls,\u201d she said. \u201cWe generally know that the strikes are aimed at military areas, but even bombing those locations is enough for the noise and shock waves to reach us and make our whole bodies shake.\u201d<\/p>\n
As is typical in Ahvaz during the summer even in peacetime, there are power outages every day, sometimes lasting more than two hours, she said. During power outages, water is also cut off. Temperatures in the city have reached as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit this week.<\/p>\n
While stores in the city are still stocked, Elnaz said, they are largely empty of customers, because people have little money. Iran\u2019s economy, long in malaise, has gotten even worse during the war, with skyrocketing food prices and companies forced to lay off workers.<\/p>\n
The war has simply added to Ahvaz residents\u2019 misery, she said, adding, \u201cThe situation has become unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. airstrikes targeting parts of southern Iran have rattled Iranians\u2019 nerves this week, they said in interviews, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[113833,14670,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-299767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-ahvaz-iran","tag-iran","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}