Diego Haro, a Chilean traveler from one of the world’s southernmost towns, never thought biking across Iran with his dog Mirlo would be easy. He had already biked across 20 countries from Bolivia to Armenia in the last two years. But he said he never imagined that his journey would involve sheltering from Israeli airstrikes that plunged the regional foes into 12 days of open warfare this month.

A Chilean cyclist and his dog get caught up in the Israel-Iran war

Diego Haro, a Chilean traveler from one of the world’s southernmost towns, never thought biking across Iran with his dog Mirlo would be easy. He had already biked across 20 countries from Bolivia to Armenia in the last two years. But he said he never imagined that his journey would involve sheltering from Israeli airstrikes that plunged the regional foes into 12 days of open warfare this month.