STORY: Tehran seems full of life: the cafes are crowded, and the public parks teem with activity.
Iranians are striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombing.
That devastating war came after a deadly crackdown by security forces on protesters in January.
Now, behind these serene scenes, Iran's economy is in tatters.
And people are fearful of a new government clampdown and angry at the destructive airstrikes.
Omid Memarian is an Iran analyst at a U.S.-based think tank.
"Many Iranians understood that this war is not going to topple the regime, but at the same time, it's going to make their lives much worse economically."
The bombing has killed thousands, according to official death tolls, including many at a school on the first day of the conflict.
It has also destroyed infrastructure across the country, raising the prospect of mass job layoffs.
Memarian said Iranians at first welcomed the joint U.S.-and Israeli strikes that President Donald Trump said was aimed at toppling the country's theocratic regime.
But that goal faded as the bombing went on, and Trump's threats turned from punishing the country's rulers to threatening the country as a whole.
"There was a very dramatic shift in their opinion, particularly when Israelis and the U.S. went after Iranian infrastructures, hitting Iranian bridges, hitting Iranian refineries or steel companies and petrochemical companies."
"They were promised a better future, but instead they got the threat of destruction of infrastructure and then them being sent back to the Stone Age."
Hossein Rassam is a London-based Iranian political analyst.
"Economically, I think many people are in total panic because there are furloughs, there are layoffs. Many people have not been able to work since January. Private companies are laying off staff."
The Iranian regime, meanwhile, remains as entrenched as ever.
And Iranians - both supporters and opponents of the regime - remain more polarized than before, but with few options.
"This is a moment of reckoning for Iranians because at the end of the day Iranians, especially Iranians inside the country, realize that they need to live together. There is nowhere to go."
