"Marzieh stood up from where she was working at her sewing machine, and shouted for him to stop. Mum, it wasn't me, he called back."
"As she opened the door, the acrid smell of smoke hit her. People ran back and forth down the road."
"War has started, they said."
"His work sometimes took him away from Minab for weeks at a time, so when he was home he liked to make the most of his time with the children."
Marzieh experiences a terrifying moment when she hears loud crashes in her home, initially thinking her son is playing. After receiving a call from her daughter's teacher about an early school closure, she feels a sense of dread. As she prepares to leave, the smell of smoke fills the air, and she learns from a passerby that war has begun. Meanwhile, Mohammadreza Ahmadi enjoys a morning with his children before the chaos unfolds.
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