Iran’s state broadcaster was reportedly attacked after Israel had previously issued an evacuation warning for residents in northern Tehran, where the broadcaster is located.
Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran was hit by an Israeli strike Monday evening, media report.
Earlier Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a cryptic statement that Iran’s state television and radio were “about to disappear.”
He made the statement after an evacuation warning was issued for a district in northern Tehran where the broadcaster is based.
Mehdi Chamran, spokesperson for Tehran’s City Council, suggested that residents should also consider sheltering in underground parking garages. Iranian officials say schools and mosques are being used as makeshift shelters.
Israel’s military urged residents of a district in northern Tehran to evacuate “immediately” on Monday evening, saying it intended to carry out airstrikes.
“In the coming hours, the (Israeli military) will operate in the area, as it has in recent days throughout Tehran, to strike military infrastructure of the Iranian regime,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a post on X in Persian.
The post showed a part of Tehran’s District 3 on a map. The area is known as an upmarket part of Tehran home to at least four hospitals and medical centers, a major police building and state broadcaster IRIB.
Shortly thereafter, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said residents of Tel Aviv should evacuate, Iranian state media reported.
Israel targeted the Natanz facility with airstrikes, which resulted in its above-ground part being destroyed.
A satellite image of the Natanz nuclear facilityA satellite image of the Natanz nuclear facility
Israeli strikes damaged several buildings at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility
“We can now say that we have achieved full air superiority in the skies over Tehran,” military spokesperson Effie Defrin told a press conference.
Defrin said more than 50 fighter jets and precision missiles had struck over 120 launch pads of the ballistic missiles that had been fired in Israel’s direction since Friday. He also said Israel has destroyed a third of Iran’s launch pads.
