UN refugee agency UNHCR says between 600,000 and 1 million Iranian households are now temporarily displaced inside Iran as a result of the ongoing conflict.

Preliminary assessments represent displacement up to 3.2m people, and this figure is likely to continue rising as hostilities persist, marking a worrying escalation in humanitarian needs, according to Ayaki Ito, UNHCR Director of Emergency and Programme Support and Cross-Regional Refugee Response Coordinator for the Middle East Emergency.

Most of the displaced persons are reportedly fleeing from Tehran and other major urban areas towards the north of the country and rural areas to seek safety.