Me when I’m some months old. It’s the last snow of winter. The war hadn’t reached Tehran yet.
My father and us.
My father reading the newspaper, about the war and the events.
My siblings and some family members playing on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea. We had all gone there for safety to stay out of reach of Saddam Hussein’s missiles from Iraq that were raining down (...)
Our family car parked on the driveway of a holiday home near the Caspian Sea. When the Iraqi missile attacks on Tehran became too intense, my parents decided to take us there to safety.
My mother Jila holding up my younger brother Hamidreza during a snowy day in war time.
My birthday during the Iran-Iraq War, I turned two. My parents — and many others like them — would do as much as they could to project normality for their children.
View from a balcony. Every night we would watch the skies trying to search out the jets and the anti aircraft flares. Tehran, Iran. July 3, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos
An Iranian man at the Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque during one of the nights of Moharram, when Shi’ites commemorate the death of a revered saint, Hussein. Tehran, Iran. June 30, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian (...)
Iranian women at the Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque in Tehran passing by the portraits of generals recently assassinated by Israel. Tehran, Iran. June 30, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos
Iranian women at the Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque, resting against the tombs of nuclear scientists assassinated by Israeli agents and targeted bombings. Tehran, Iran. June 30, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian / (...)
A man serves tea during commemoration ceremonies for the death of a revered saint, Hussein. Tehran, Iran. June 30, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos
The burned out editorial room of the Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or Iran’s State Television. On June 16, Israeli warplanes bombed facilities of Iran’s State Tv resulting in se (...)
Documents containing patients' information lay scattered on the floor of the infirmary of Tehran's Evin prison, after the facility was bombed by Israel. Tehran, Iran. July 1, 2025. © Newsha Tavakol (...)
A patient's bed stands covered in rubble inside Tehran's Evin prison infirmary, after it was bombed by Israeli planes. © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos
A phone used by inmates to call loved ones hangs from a wall next to bombed-out offices of Tehran's Evin prison. Israel bombed the facility, causing the deaths of 79 inmates, visitors, and prison w (...)
The wall of my friends house, where I found an exact copy of my mom’s wartime piece of embroidery. Tehran, Iran. July 3, 2025. © Newsha Tavakolian / Magnum Photos
