TheNewsGuru

Tag: tehran

  • Iran resumes flights after Israeli heavy bombardment In Tehran, other provinces

    Iran resumes flights after Israeli heavy bombardment In Tehran, other provinces

    Iran announced on Saturday the resumption of flights after a brief suspension following an Israeli attack that targeted several military sites in the country.

    “Flights will return to normal from 9:00 am (0530 GMT) on Saturday,” the spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Organisation said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

    Iran’s National Air Defence Headquarters had earlier confirmed that Israel attacked military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces.

    It had said: “The integrated air defense system successfully tracked and countered this aggressive action, though limited damage was caused to some locations, and the dimensions of this incident are currently under investigation.”

    The Israeli Defence Forces finally struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s missile attack on Israel this month, the latest clash in the escalating conflict between the heavily armed rivals.

    Hours later, the Israeli military had said it had completed the strikes and achieved its objectives, warning Iran not to respond.

    A semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a “proportional reaction” to the Israeli moves against Tehran.

    Iranian media had reported multiple explosions over several hours in the capital and at nearby military bases, starting shortly after 2am.

    Before dawn, Israel’s public broadcaster said three waves of strikes had been completed and that the operation was over.

    The Middle East has been on edge awaiting Israel’s retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1, in which it fired around 200 missiles at Israel, killing one person in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

    Tensions between arch rivals Israel and Iran have escalated since Hamas, the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group based in Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas has been supported by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants, also backed by Iran.

    Fears that Iran and the U.S. would be drawn into a regional war have risen with Israel’s intensifying assault on Hezbollah since last month, including airstrikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut and a ground operation, as well as its year-old war in Gaza.

  • WAR: Loud bang in Tehran as Israel retaliate against Iran

    WAR: Loud bang in Tehran as Israel retaliate against Iran

    There was a loud bang in Tehran as Iran’s media on Friday published footage and images of calm scenes in the country after an unclaimed aerial attack hit Isfahan province.

    According  to Iran’s ministry of defense, Air defenses intercepted three drones, an Iranian official said, after reports of explosions near an army base in the central region.

    Following the reports, Iranian state media showed residents walking near Isfahan landmarks such as the Naqsh-e Jahan square and along the Zayandeh Rud river, while normal traffic was reported in the city, according to semi-official news outlet ISNA.

    Isfahan airport was operating as normal after airports were earlier closed around the country, according to semi-official Tasnim news.

    Meanwhile, in the northwest city of Tabriz — where air defenses were also activated —video showed normal traffic and pedestrians in parks and on the streets.

    Israel carried out a strike on Iran, a US official told CNN, a move that threatens to further escalate regional conflict. The Israeli military has not commented.

  • 1 dead, 97 injured after earthquake strikes Tehran suburbs

    One person was killed and 97 injured when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the suburbs of the Iranian capital Tehran, the Authorities said on Thursday.

    The dead person is believed to have been driving when his car was struck by large rocks.

    Otherwsie no great damage has been reported, ISNA news agency cited the Interior Ministry as saying.

    The quake struck shortly before midnight on Wednesday and its epicentre was located in the Malard and Meshkin Dasht districts some 50 kilometres to the south-west of Tehran, the authorities said.

    Residents fled their homes in panic when the moderate quake shook the city.

    Hundreds of thousands fled to the streets where they spent the night after a report on state television said the quake was a prelude to a much larger one, many others left the city.

    An Interior Ministry spokesperson appealed for calm on state television and said there was no need to panic.

    People started slowly returning to their homes again, ISNA reported.

    Iran regularly experiences powerful earthquakes: More than 600 people were killed in a 7.2 quake in western Iran in November.

    Tehran is a city of almost 10 million inhabitants.