According to a report by CNN on July 17, as the United States resumed military strikes against Iran, the southern and southwestern regions of Iran, located along the Persian Gulf and adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz, have been continuously subjected to air strikes, with local residents bearing the heavy costs of war.
Reports indicate that the areas affected include important towns in the southwest, such as Avaz. A local resident said that the US military carried out air strikes for two consecutive nights. The day before, he had just attended a funeral for a relative, and the city was heavily bombed again that night. “It feels like the entire city has been destroyed.”
CNN noted that the areas under attack are among Iran's poorest and most underdeveloped regions, facing longstanding problems of insufficient investment, high unemployment rates, and more. Despite possessing significant oil and gas industries and port resources, development levels remain relatively low.
Local residents say that with temperatures reaching nearly 50 degrees Celsius and continuous power outages, coupled with war, the situation could turn into a humanitarian disaster. A resident who has experienced the Iran-Iraq War said that now his children are living in war zones as well.
I never want them to experience these things. We've grown accustomed to difficulties and hardship, but the day-to-day uncertainty is sometimes unbearable.
