Iranians skeptical and afraid ahead of talks on ending war

Children at a memorial event held in Tehran on Tuesday for victims of the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school strike in Minab
Visual evidence shows that an American missile likely hit the Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed on Feb
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Everyday Iranians are awaiting planned negotiations between Washington and Tehran with a mixture of skepticism and outright fear, caught between a government they say doesn't understand peace and an American president who has threatened to destroy "a whole civilization."Talks between the United States and Iran and hosted by Pakistan were hanging in the balance on Friday, but if they go ahead they could transform a temporary ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli campaign against the Islamic Republic into a lasting peace.Residents of Tehran — who withheld their surnames out of concern for their safety — have mixed views on that prospect and are far from optimistic, with feelings ranging from anger to anxiety to deep disillusionment.

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