The United States and Israel launched joint attacks on Iran with explosions reported in Tehran, whilst Iran has retaliated with missile strikes on US military bases and Israeli targets across the region
The United States and Israel launched an assault on Iran on Saturday, with explosions witnessed and heard throughout Tehran and other regions of the country.
In a social media statement this morning, Donald Trump declared that the Iranian strikes, codenamed Operation Epic Fury, will “obliterate” Iranian forces.
He said the US military was conducting a “massive and on-going operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.” He said the US would “obliterate” Iran’s navy and “annihilate” the nation’s missile programme and ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon.
However, Iran has retaliated by unleashing their own wave of missiles and drones at Israel and several military installations across the Middle East where US forces are stationed, reports the Mirror US.
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Where have the US and Israel struck in Iran?
Tehran.
According to reports at approximately 9:30 a. m. GMT explosions were heard in the capital, Tehran. Footage circulated on social media revealed smoke billowing across various parts of the city.
The missiles allegedly hit the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Defence, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the Parchin military facility. Missiles also struck the Jomhouri district of the capital and at least two students were reportedly killed in an attack on a school east of the capital, Al Jazeera reported.
Minab
Local media this morning reported that an Israeli strike has hit a girls’ school in Minab County. The semi-official Tasnim News Agency carried a report from the Governor of Minab, located in the country’s southern region.
He said: “In this morning’s Israeli missile attack on a girls’ elementary school in the city, 51 students have been martyred and 60 have been injured.”
Military installations have been struck in Kermanshah, Qom, Isfahan, Tabriz and Karaj, alongside Iranian naval facilities in Kenarak in the south of the country, the BBC reported.
Iran retaliates with attacks on Israel and US targets in the Gulf.
Explosions have shaken cities throughout the Middle East following joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran this morning. In retaliation, Iran has declared it is hitting American bases and interests “in the region,” the Tasnim News Agency said.
Blasts have been reported in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with missiles also striking a US naval base in Bahrain amongst other targets throughout the region. NBC news is reporting that Iran is responding to attacks on “multiple US military facilities in the middle east” citing a US official.
Reports indicate that a strike in Bahrain has hit the US Fifth Fleet Naval Command. Explosions heard in the Qatari capital Doha. Qatar has reportedly intercepted two Iranian missiles over the country as well.
Explosions were reported in the skies over Jordan. Explosions have rocked Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s capital, with a fatality confirmed after debris fell in a residential area. Attacks have also been documented in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital. Residents were seen fleeing through Dubai’s streets in the United Arab Emirates as explosions rang out across the region.
The UAE defence ministry stated via an X post that a civilian died in a “blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles” when missile debris hit a residential district, killing someone “of Asian nationality.”
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