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PBS News Hour - Segments

Ceasefire offers reprieve as Iranians endure conflict in Tehran

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is now four weeks old. For the people of Iran who've endured decades of repression, economic privation and now a devastating air war, the ceasefire has brought a reprieve. But the threats and counter threats between the U.S. and Iran persist, as does the specter of renewed conflict. Reza Sayah reports from Tehran, a city on edge. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Well, the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is now four weeks old. As we've heard this evening,

0:05.0

the efforts to resolve the conflict are fraught, but they do continue. For the people of Iran,

0:10.6

who've endured decades of repression and economic privation and now a devastating air war,

0:15.9

the ceasefire brought a reprieve. But the threats and counter threats between Washington and

0:20.5

Tehran persist,

0:21.8

as does the specter of renewed conflict. Special correspondent Reza Seya in Tehran ventured out

0:27.7

into a city on edge. Under dust and debris, a picture of some of the hundreds of school-age

0:36.8

students Hamid Reza Afarida taught throughout 15 years

0:41.3

in his music academy that lies now in ruins.

0:45.3

On the morning of March 23rd, an American or Israeli air strike

0:51.3

hit this building in a business district in eastern Tehran.

0:56.2

The exact target of the strike was not clear.

1:00.6

But it destroyed the school Hamid Reza spent his life savings to build.

1:07.8

You raise a child for 15 years, and in one night that child dies.

1:11.6

It's like your life crashing down over your head.

1:14.6

Hamid Reza says he's determined to rebuild, but fresh fear of war has everything on hold.

1:22.6

Every day we see the headlines and ask what's going to happen.

1:25.6

It's scary. It's a nightmare.

1:28.3

Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz this week and new threats of war have many here on edge.

1:34.3

Hey, Iran!

1:36.3

Every night at Valiya Square, Iranians gather for pro-government rallies.

1:43.3

The Rahra Sharii volunteers. square, Iranians gather for pro-government rallies. Ah, al-Azade.

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