Massive Explosions Heard In Tehran And Karaj

By Mirna Alsharif

Huge explosions have just been heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and Karaj in northern Iran, according to media reports and an NBC News producer in the country.

Tehran residents also saw fighter jets flying very low over the city.

Semiofficial Iranian news agencies published pictures of the Azadi Tower, a monument in Tehran, surrounded by fire and a black cloud of smoke.

In western area of the city, a fire broke out following the airstrikes, according to semiofficial news agency Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).

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The Israel Defense Forces said it concluded “a wave of attacks against the infrastructure of the Iranian regime in Tehran and Isfahan” a short while ago.

Earlier, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for people in Karaj, specifically at the Hakimiyah Industrial Zone and the Payam Airport area.

-NBC