Canadian woman travels more than 850 kilometres by land to leave Iran amidst attacks by Israel

A financial analyst from Canada who was in Tehran when Israel launched its attacks on Tehran on Friday, travelled to the Turkish border over land in order to return home, AFP reported on Wednesday.

Homa, who did not give her last name, was not able to leave by air after Iran closed its airspace on Friday and found a bus to make the 850-kilometre journey.

The 40-year-old woman left Tehran at 8 pm on Tuesday and arrived at the Kapikoy border crossing in Van province, eastern Turkey, on Wednesday afternoon. 

Many people were leaving Tehran, like her own family, who travelled to a neighbouring city about 30 kilometres to the west, on a journey that lasted "hours, due to heavy traffic", she said. "They are not safe, I worry about them."