Jane Araf
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So lots of people in schools, at offices.
The government, though, believes that strikes in Iran will be focused on the capital.
And it has advised citizens to leave Tehran immediately.
and other major cities.
It's closed schools and universities.
And this morning, we spoke to two Tehran residents before communications were cut.
They described panicked people rushing home and terrified children pouring out of classrooms.
One of the people who we've spoken to over the last few months
says she's been protesting and she has been hoping for the end of the regime.
She hopes this is it.
But a lot of Iranians fear the uncertainty and the danger that would also come.
Airspace has been closed.
There have been flights canceled.
The U.S.
has advised Americans, for instance, here in Jordan to shelter in place.
And normally Jordanians go to the rooftops to watch missiles flying when tensions arise like this.
But this feels more serious.
It's really hard, Scott, to see how this could return to diplomacy or anything approaching it.
Even Oman's chief diplomat, and he's been the one mediating these talks between the U.S.
and Iran, says these attacks by the U.S.