Red Cross shares audio of Iranian civilian explaining situation on the ground in Tehran: 'No respite'

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released audio connected Thursday of a civilian successful Tehran describing what it's similar connected the crushed arsenic Operation Epic Fury rocks Iran.

"To america here, the warfare did not commencement 4 days ago. It started erstwhile we heard the archetypal quality of a piling up of the forces successful the portion and preparations for war. Now, with the warfare going on, we perceive changeless explosions and determination is nary respite from this," the unidentified civilian said.

The civilian said that the frequence of explosions has made radical truthful tense that adjacent mundane noises tin origin panic attacks.

"Any infinitesimal you tin expect a large noise. This has made america truthful tense that immoderate large noise, including the sound of a car passing by, gives america a panic attack," the civilian said.

Even with the sound of the explosions, what the civilian, who said helium was calved and raised successful Tehran, noticed was that the metropolis has go a shade municipality arsenic radical person either fled the warfare oregon constricted movements successful bid to enactment harmless from aerial attacks.

The neighbors lasting by a destroyed car with an Islamic Republic emblem look astatine the gathering damaged successful Shahid Borujerdi residential analyzable successful southbound eastbound of Tehran which was heavy bombed connected the greeting of March 4 by Israel and U.S. during Operation Epic Fury seen connected March 5, 2026, successful Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)

"As a idiosyncratic who was calved and lived his full beingness successful this city, I person ne'er seen the metropolis truthful quiet," the civilian said. "Some of the radical of my metropolis person left, galore others stayed in, trying to bounds movements to debar getting caught successful the aerial attacks connected the metropolis that ne'er look to travel to an end. You don't spot radical around. My metropolis was a precise large metropolis and busy. I'm not utilized to seeing my metropolis truthful calm and quiet."

The U.S. and Israel person carried retired aerial and oversea attacks connected Iran since the cognition began connected Saturday. The cognition has killed astatine slightest 1,230 radical successful Iran, according to The Associated Press. Additionally, six U.S. work members successful Kuwait were killed successful the hostilities.

A destroyed car is seen extracurricular a gathering successful Shahid Borujerdi residential analyzable successful southbound eastbound of Tehran which was heavy bombed connected the greeting of March 4 by Israel and U.S. during Operation Epic Fury seen connected March 5, 2026 successful Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)

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The ICRC has expressed concerns astir the concern successful Iran, with the organization's president saying connected time 1 of Operation Epic Fury that it could pb to "devastating consequences for civilians."

"The subject escalation successful the Middle East is igniting a unsafe concatenation absorption crossed the region, with perchance devastating consequences for civilians," ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said.

In a connection issued a fewer days later, Spoljaric warned that "the standard of large subject operations flaring crossed the Middle East risks embroiling the portion – and beyond – into different large-scale equipped struggle that volition overwhelm immoderate humanitarian response."

"Without urgent steps to de-escalate the concern and respect the rules of war, further civilian lives volition beryllium lost," Spoljaric added. "Civilians are already suffering the consequences of war."

A wide presumption of Tehran with fume disposable successful the region aft explosions were reported successful the metropolis connected March 2, 2026, successful Tehran, Iran. (Contributor/Getty Images)

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According to the civilian, Iranians connected the crushed are disquieted astir the aboriginal and wonderment however the warfare volition play out. Another fearfulness among the radical is the anticipation of supplies moving out.

"The supplies are disposable successful the shops that are unfastened and work. But what if the concern gets worse oregon continues arsenic it is now? Will the supplies being stocked beryllium of immoderate help, oregon they volition beryllium meaningless successful the look of what tin happen?" the civilian wondered. "It is particularly much worrying for radical similar me, who person to instrumentality attraction of radical with aesculapian complications that necessitate peculiar care. We are present nether a batch of stress, disquieted to spot what tin travel next." 

Fox News Digital reached retired to ICRC for comment.

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