Faria later confirmed that she is now on her way back to Dhaka. Though her heart feels heavy, she said she remains grateful. Her only prayer, she added, is that “the world becomes a little more peaceful.”

Iran's Major General Qassem Soleimani would have been devastated to learn his surviving colleagues at the top of Iran's government considered the firing of 20 missiles at US bases a "proportionate response" to his assassination.