‘Five-minute drive away, communications temporarily cut’: Chinese student witnessing Tehran explosions tell GT
By: Global Times | Published: Feb 28, 2026 08:43 PM
The US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, with explosions rocking Tehran. Some Chinese nationals in the city told the Global Times that the blast site was just a four- to five-minute drive away from them and that communications were temporarily disrupted. A Chinese student in Tehran, surnamed Gao, who is studying Iranian studies, said he was on the road at the time and observed the situation near his campus. After the bomb fell, many people immediately ran out of ...