Massive blasts and towering plumes of smoke lit up Tehran after Israeli airstrikes targeted five key fuel depots within the Iranian capital. Four individuals, together with two tanker drivers, were killed, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company stated.
Warplanes hit a number of oil depots in and round Tehran, igniting enormous fires and sending thick black smoke throughout the skyline, seen even in neighbouring areas resembling Karaj. Footage confirmed fireballs, lengthy columns of smoke, and flames lighting up the evening sky, whereas explosions shook components of the town.
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Videos captured fireplace alongside roads the place leaking gasoline had caught fireplace. Residents described a “river of fire” flowing by means of metropolis streets. Major depots affected included Shahran and Aghdasiyeh, in addition to a petroleum merchandise transport heart. Emergency crews labored by means of the evening to comprise the blazes.
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Blackened rainwater fell over the town after the strikes, CNN reporter Frederik Pleitgen stated in a video on X. It was reported to be rainwater combined with oil and soot from burning storage services and gasoline.
It is raining oil in Tehran this morning after main airstrikes on oil services within the South and West of the Iranian capital. @CNN @cnni pic.twitter.com/2FBD9EnO9p
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The strikes hit a minimum of 5 oil services in and close to Tehran, together with 4 storage depots and a petroleum merchandise transport centre, Iranian officers stated.
The fires have been later introduced underneath management, although gasoline distribution was “temporarily interrupted” as injury was assessed. Smoke from the fires left a darkish haze over the capital into Sunday morning, and residents reported the scent of burning gasoline lingering within the air.
Iran’s authorities acknowledged the explosions and fires however stated its gasoline reserves remained safe.
The Israeli army confirmed its air pressure struck “fuel storage facilities in Tehran” to stop their use by Iran’s army, as per France24.
“This is a warning,” stated Israel on its Farsi-language social media account, concentrating on Iran’s Assembly of Experts selecting a successor to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We warn all those who intend to participate in the successor selection meeting that we will not hesitate to target you. This is a warning!”
Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the physique chargeable for deciding on the nation’s subsequent supreme chief, has reportedly reached a call, although no identify has been introduced.
The US and Israel’s latest war on Iran began on February 28 with a coordinated air and missile offensive that assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei and different prime army officers.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed to proceed preventing for months. Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini stated Iran had solely used first- and second-generation missiles up to now however would use “advanced and less-used long-range missiles” in coming days. “The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a 6-month intense war at the current pace of operations,” Naini advised Fars information company.
The regional battle has escalated throughout the Gulf. In Lebanon, Israeli strikes focused Hezbollah positions and central Beirut, killing a minimum of 4 in a lodge and 294 over the previous week. Saudi authorities intercepted drones aimed toward Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter, whereas Kuwait and Bahrain reported Iranian drone strikes on gasoline tanks and a desalination plant, respectively.
Israel carried out round 3,400 strikes on Iran since February 28. Overnight assaults hit 16 army plane at Mehrabad Airport and a number of oil depots, quickly interrupting gasoline distribution in Tehran.
Since February 28, Israel has carried out roughly 3,400 strikes on Iran, together with in a single day assaults that broken 16 army plane at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport. Kuwait has introduced precautionary cuts in crude oil manufacturing because of threats within the Strait of Hormuz.
At least 1,200 civilians have been killed and round 10,000 wounded, as per Iran’s well being ministry.
