‘So Terrifying’: Iranian Student on Fleeing Back to Safety in Canada Amid Conflict

‘So Terrifying’: Iranian Student on Fleeing Back to Safety in Canada Amid Conflict
A damaged car is seen on June 26, 2025, after an Israeli airstrike on early Tuesday, in Tehran, Iran. The Canadian Press/AP-Vahid Salemi
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Arash Ghaderi can’t forget the moment his wife tearfully woke him up to tell him a war had just started.

Ghaderi, a 35-year-old PhD student at the University of Alberta, and his wife travelled last month to Iran to visit their family members. The couple was still there when the conflict between Israel and Iran broke out on June 13.