While confronting medicine shortages and soaring inflation, many Iranians say they're bracing for the potential return of an all-out war with the U.S. and Israel, as leaders of both countries wage mounting threats in the days leading up to their respective elections. 

The Associated Press spoke with Tehran residents who described growing anxiety, with some preparing to leave the capital and others scrambling to acquire goods that have been difficult to find. 

Fereshteh Hajipour, 35, the mother of a toddler, said she was stockpiling over-the-counter medicines and food for fear of a "possible war and bigger bombs."

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