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Today, after strikes on energy facilities, Tehran is left breathing the fallout.

It's 8.30 a.m. in Tehran. It's supposed to be daylight, yet you look like you're broadcasting

at night. That is not nightful. That is a thick cloud of smoke that's enveloped the capital

Tehran. Beyond the explosions, another concern is emerging.

The chemicals now hanging in the air

that millions of people are breathing.

Is modern warfare turning the air itself into a weapon?

I'm Tamara Kondokar, and this is The Take.

Before we continue with today's show, tell us what you think about this episode.

Has it changed the way that you think about the definition of chemical warfare?

And are the potential health and environmental consequences of this war getting enough attention? Leave us a comment. Or on your podcast app, leave us a review,

telling us where you're listening from and give us a five-star rating while you're there. It really

helps the show. My name is Nargis Bajogh. I am an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. I'm an anthropologist and a specialist on Iran and the United States. And I'm joining you all from Washington.

Thank you so much, Nargis. Welcome back to the take. Happy Noroos, first of all.

Thank you. What have the past few days been like for you?

How are you feeling going into this new year?

It's been really difficult.

I mean, Nauru's is probably the most sacred time on the Iranian calendar and for Iranian families,

and it's the beginning of the spring, and it means a lot,

and it's a tradition that's been around for Iranians for thousands of years. But this time around,

it felt almost impossible to try to celebrate. And yet, many of us were trying to hold on to some of the

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