A war far from Tehran but ever-present in southern Iran
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, near the beach at Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026. RAZIEH POUDAT/ISNA VIA REUTERS Every night at 10 pm, Sobhan (a pseudonym used for security reasons, as with all other sources cited in this article), a resident of Bandar Abbas, strains to listen. At the slightest sound, this 37-year-old craftsman tries to determine whether the noise is an Iranian air defense shot or an explosion.
- ▪Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, near the beach at Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026.
- ▪RAZIEH POUDAT/ISNA VIA REUTERS Every night at 10 pm, Sobhan (a pseudonym used for security reasons, as with all other sources cited in this article), a resident of Bandar Abbas, strains to listen.
- ▪At the slightest sound, this 37-year-old craftsman tries to determine whether the noise is an Iranian air defense shot or an explosion.
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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, near the beach at Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026. RAZIEH POUDAT/ISNA VIA REUTERS Every night at 10 pm, Sobhan (a pseudonym used for security reasons, as with all other sources cited in this article), a resident of Bandar Abbas, strains to listen. At the slightest sound, this 37-year-old craftsman tries to determine whether the noise is an Iranian air defense shot or an explosion. "At the slightest sound, we stop, look at each other and ask – aloud or just with a glance: 'Did you hear that too? What was it?' Then, we try to figure out where it came from," he said, contacted via Telegram, an encrypted messaging app blocked in Iran but accessible with a VPN. At night, Sobhan regularly wakes to check the news, on alert for reports of a new attack.
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