Photojournalist documents Tehran bombardment in new film
A 25-minute documentary follows Majid Saeedi as the Iranian photojournalist records wartime destruction and daily life in Tehran.
By Lucas Ferreira · Science & Environment Writer
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A new Al Jazeera documentary follows Iranian photojournalist Majid Saeedi as he records the bombardment of Tehran, turning a career spent covering wars abroad toward devastation in his own city. The 25-minute film, directed by Ladan Anoushfar, presents Saeedi’s work as both documentation of destruction and an effort to preserve a record of daily life under attack.
Al Jazeera describes Saeedi as an internationally acclaimed photojournalist who has photographed war and its aftermath in other parts of the world. In the film, he faces a different kind of assignment: a conflict unfolding in Tehran, the city he knows and loves.
War seen from home
The documentary, titled Tehran War Diary, follows Saeedi through bombed neighborhoods, public gatherings and ordinary moments that continue amid the violence, according to Al Jazeera. The film centers on how he uses his camera while confronting the emotional weight of seeing familiar streets altered by war.
Al Jazeera says Saeedi works alone as the city comes under bombardment. The film also shows him dealing with internet outages and isolation while trying to record what is happening around him.
The story is framed around a photographer whose professional distance from conflict collapses when the destruction reaches home. Al Jazeera’s description says his camera becomes a means of preserving a city and a way of life changing before him.
A documentary by Ladan Anoushfar
Al Jazeera identifies Ladan Anoushfar as the filmmaker behind the documentary. The network published the film on June 17, 2026.
The documentary runs 25 minutes, according to Al Jazeera. Its focus remains on Saeedi’s experience moving through Tehran and documenting the toll of bombardment on places and people around him.
Rather than presenting the conflict through official accounts or battlefield reporting, the film follows the perspective of a working photojournalist inside the city. Al Jazeera says Saeedi’s images capture both physical damage and the emotional burden of war as residents try to carry on with daily life.
For Saeedi, as presented by Al Jazeera, the work is also personal. Years of photographing conflicts elsewhere left him prepared to document war, but the film shows him facing that work in a place he calls home.
This story draws on original reporting from Al Jazeera.