Roads coming out of Tehran, the capital of Iran, are full of cars. There is a huge traffic jam on the paths and whoever looks in a hurry to leave the city. The villagers are filling cars on the roads going towards Iran. In fact, Israeli bombing on Tehran, attacks with missiles, frequent deaths and groan of injured people have made the city atmosphere scary. After the Israeli attack, Iran’s capital, Tehran, has a disgrace. The public is in awe due to continuous missile attacks and bombing.
Now the common Tehrani urban wants to leave this city as soon as possible. Israel is constantly attacking Tehran.
CNN talked to some people and said that some people were trying to escape in the rustic areas in the north direction of Iran. But due to the huge crowd of people, the roads have come to a standstill. People are trapped on the way.
A reporter of the German press agency DPA said that several kilometers long lines for gas were seen in Tehran.
The father of two children told CNN on the condition of anonymity, “I do not want to leave my house, but I am not going to put my young children in this position.” “I hope America will take steps to stop the attacks between the two countries.”
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The exodus of residences from Tehran Continues – it did not stop all night, and Heavy traffic jams are still being observed in the morning. pic.twitter.com/11v7cz9ph3– Boris Alexander Beissner (@boris_beissner) June 16, 2025
This person said that his family is worried because the government officials live in the high-middle class areas among the densely population, which threatens the citizens. On Friday morning, the Israeli Air Force carried out targeted attacks on the houses of top Iranian military officers and scientists, in some photographs, in some photographs, the Israeli Air Force showed accurate attacks on residential buildings.
Dramatic exodus from #Tehran Underway in Major Highways and City Streets are Gridlocked as #TeHranis rush to flee ahead of potential #ISRALI Arystrikses. pic.twitter.com/uhmxqafhjf
– Barzan SADIQ (@barzansadiq) June 15, 2025
The government of Iran is trying to remove the apprehensions of the people. Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohzerani told government TV that Iranian people can take shelter in mosques and schools during the Israeli attacks, as well as in the metro system, which will be open all the time from Sunday night.
#Iran: long lines of traffic being reported on the roads exiting #Tehran As many residences are fleeing the city, fearing further israeli bombardments. pic.twitter.com/rtdl8utwkg
– Thomas van linge (@thomasvlinge) June 15, 2025
He said, “There is no problem in the achievement of food, medicine, fuel.” Mehdi Chamran, president of Tehran’s city council, said that options are being searched due to lack of bomb shelters in the city. He said in a press conference, “Unfortunately, there are no shelters in Tehran and our other cities.” He said that the death toll in Israel is less because there are bombs in the country and regular exercises are conducted for attacks. Charaman said that the basement is an option and in the “peak” situation, underground metro can be used, but it has to be closed.
Chamran, referring to the Iranian war with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain in the 1980s, said that we can also prepare an underground parking lot, as Saddam did at the time of bombing us. “
Some of the pictures posted on social media are showing roads full of cars.
A local journalist today put a post and video on X and wrote that a large number of cars have been going from Tehran since morning. Thousands of people are leaving the city and are on the northern exit route. This person wrote, “Tehran continues to migrate dramatically, major highways and city streets are jammed, as Tehrani people are trying to escape to escape from potential Israeli airstrikes.
Amidst the stampede situation born to go out of Tehran, another person wrote, “There is a situation of chaos in Tehran. People are leaving the city amidst increasing apprehensions in Iran.
Video 1: People are waiting in the queue in cars to get out of Tehran.
Video 2: Crowd at the market gun border crossing between Iran and Türkiye. According to the report, many people are trying to get out of the Iranian region after the Israeli attacks.
Meanwhile, Iran’s official media said Iran has warned the United States, United Kingdom and France that if they help stop the attacks on Israel of Tehran, their bases and ships in the area will be targeted.
Iran has been having heavy showers of missiles and drones on Israel since last Friday, most of the Iranian missiles and drones have been stopped by Israeli’s air defense, although some survived, there have been some survived, killing at least 16 people and injuring hundreds of people in urban areas.
Significantly, American officials have been quoted as saying that the army is already killing drones and missiles. However, neither France nor Britain has helped stop these attacks so far, although Paris has said that he can do so, and London has not ruled out this possibility.