One rights group found Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 639 people, and wounded double that number. One of the victims was the Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi, who was killed alongside family members in Tehran days ahead of her 24th birthday.

Amid the ongoing assault and threats of escalation, many Iranians have been fleeing the country. This is a dual Iranian-Australian citizen speaking from Iran’s border with Armenia.

Iranian-Australian Citizen: “The worst thing in this world is war. It is because of the war that we live like this, a nomadic life. People are trying to leave the country through all available borders, if possible.”