A woman and child walk by a damaged building, struck days earlier, during the U.S.Israeli military campaign on March 4, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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'We deserve a normal life,' Iranians tell BBC, as Israel begins new 'wave of strikes' across Tehran

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has confirmed that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
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