The World How wars impact the most vulnerable people
Mar 13, 2026
Shirin (Sharin) Jafari, an on-the-ground reporter in Tehran, describes life under intense bombardment and damaged infrastructure. She discusses which areas and checkpoints are being struck. She explains who can leave the city and why, and how economic strain hits working families. She details impacts on hospitals, people with disabilities, and children facing trauma and disrupted care.
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Housecleaner Family Cuts Meals During Bombardment
- A Tehran housecleaner has been unemployed for two months and reduced her children's meals to one per day amid war and sanctions.
- Shirin Jafari highlights working-class families with no savings who are hit hardest by rising prices and lost income.
Functional Hospitals But Disabled Patients Struggle
- Hospitals largely function but health access for disabled and chronically ill is severely limited by movement disruptions.
- Shirin Jafari notes caretakers don't show up and some patients can't leave home, worsening conditions for vulnerable people.
Autistic Child Describes War As Solitary Confinement
- A caregiver for children with autism describes a boy agitated by closed schools, internet cuts, and constant bomb noises.
- Jafari shares the caregiver's plea: children "have too small shoulders to carry the weight of wars."