‘This is war’: BBC speaks to Iranians at border with Turkey

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Originally posted by: BBC.com

The border separating Iran and Turkey is one of the few ways journalists have been able to speak to people coming out of Iran, with those leaving telling the BBC they feel unsafe and scared.

Hundreds escaping the war are passing through that border, but a few are going back into the country.

The BBC’s James Waterhouse reports.

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