We Thought It Was The Last Night Of Our Lives

Students, who land in city, recount horror of Israeli attack on Iran

- Gayathri M Kurup @Bengaluru

Darkness fell over Iran on a cold Friday evening, and this time, it was one of the darkest nights the city has faced.

"It was 3:30 in the evening on June 13 — I will never forget that date or time. Just one kilometer from our dormitory, missiles fell. There was a boom, like thunder. At first, we didn't know what had happened. When we realized it was a missile strike, we were numb and shaken," recalls Syed Mohsin Raza from Alipur, a second-semester MBBS student at Shahid Beheshti University who was staying in District 3, where the bombing initially began.

Syed was among the batch of students evacuated from Iran and who landed on Sunday.

Shockwaves shattered the windows of Tehran's buildings and the dormitory walls shook.

"We first thought it was just an army vehicle or something," he said. "But then the windows broke, the opposite building shook... we saw it with our own eyes. We saw the missile and air defence system, and understood it was serious."