‘It’s As If I’m Dreaming’: Iranians Recount the First Day of the War, and the Death of Khamenei  

Iranians say the war is unfolding in phases. The first roared across the skies on Saturday morning.

“I had just stepped out of the shower, getting prepared to go out, when the sound of low-flying aircraft startled me,” said Salman, a 45-year-old contractor living in Tehran. “Seconds later, when the sound of two explosions reached us, I realized it had started.”

“I was in a car,” said Marziyeh, a 40-year-old graphic artist. “The music was loud, but suddenly I noticed the drivers...