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From Our Own Correspondent

Iranians anxious over what comes next

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from the Turkey-Iran border, Russia, the USA, Paraguay and Transylvania.

Israel’s attacks on Iran led thousands of people to flee cities under fire - now they must decide whether to return home, fearing further strikes and a regime still in power. Orla Guerin has been on the Turkey-Iran border, where she spoke to Iranians escaping the war, and others going back home to their families still in the country.

As Western leaders gathered for the G7 and NATO summits, President Putin held his own annual international gathering: the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. While an economic summit in name, Steve Rosenberg found the focus this year to be much more geared towards the promotion of Russia’s military might.

Donald Trump’s sudden decision to attack Iran’s nuclear sites was met with concern by many in Washington – including some of his most ardent supporters. But the dissenters were quick to fall back in line, says Bernd Debusmann Jr in Washington DC.

The herbal drink Mate is hugely popular in Argentina - football legend Lionel Messi is a big fan. But across the border in Paraguay, Jane Chambers finds Mate enthusiasts are miffed that their bigger neighbour is seen as the originator of Mate, claiming Paraguay is the true home of Mate culture.

And finally, in Transylvania, Sara Wheeler explores the ebb and flow of a centuries-old Saxon settlement nestled amid ancient forests.

Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production Coordinators: Sophie Hill & Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

Hello. Today, President Putin talks military boots on the ground at his international gathering in St. Petersburg.

0:13.8

We're in the US, where Donald Trump's Maga loyalists were incensed by his decision to attack Iran, but quick to forgive.

0:22.4

And we hear how Paraguay is staking a claim on Argentina's national drink, the earthy

0:27.9

brew of Maté, which counts Leonel Messi among its fans.

0:33.0

And finally, in Transylvania, we explore the ebb and flow of a centuries-old Saxon settlement

0:39.6

nestled amid an ancient forest.

0:42.6

But first, in a week which began with the news that the US had gone ahead with air strikes

0:47.5

on Iran's nuclear facilities, fears of an accelerating regional conflict have, for the time

0:53.8

being, been tempered.

0:56.2

Israel's attacks on Iran, which killed hundreds of civilians, according to the UN,

1:01.7

led thousands of people to flee cities under fire.

1:05.5

Iranian attacks have killed 28 people in Israel, according to the authorities there.

1:12.1

Ola Geren has been on Turkey's border with Iran, where she spoke to Iranians who were

1:17.7

escaping the war and others going back home.

1:21.7

What would you grab if your country was being bombed and you were fleeing your home?

1:27.8

One Iranian mother and her teenage daughter crossed the border with just a few small bags

1:33.8

and a birdcage housing their beloved parakeet.

1:37.9

They had run from the city of Karajja near Tehran.

1:41.8

Like many we met, they didn't want to be named.

1:45.1

Leaving Iran does not mean shedding the fear of the regime,

1:49.1

which was carrying on with repression as usual, right up to the bombing.

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