On the road to Tehran, Iranians on edge as threat of war looms | CNN

Flanked by glistening, snow-capped peaks, the long road to Tehran winds through picturesque valleys of Tabrizi poplar trees and fields with green shoots of wheat. We trace the narrow Qotur river, brown and swollen from the spring thaw, as it surges past shepherds grazing their shaggy flocks on the slopes. In the distance, an impressive railway bridge, its steel girders painted bright white, stretches across the shimmering landscape, apparently untouched by the US and Israeli strikes that battered and scarred parts of Iran earlier this year. But amid stalled peace negotiations and growing tensions over the continued closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, fears that the war could flare again are fueling a sense of disquiet in the country. On CNN’s trip across the country, ordinary Iranians — whom Trump once exhorted to “take back your country” — described life under bombardment and blockade. Iran ceasefire talks stalled as Trump pushes for a deal with Tehran “Don’t go to there, it’s far too dangerous now,” one young Iranian woman traveling from the United States to Tehran advised when she learned of our shared journey through northwestern Iran “I have family t