On day seven of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Tehran was heavily bombed.
On day seven of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Tehran was heavily bombed.
The bombing in Iran's capital is more violent than it has ever been, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent in Tehran, and targets include residential structures, parking lots, and gas stations.
On the seventh day of the US-Israeli war in Iran, intense airstrikes have targeted Tehran and other Iranian cities, with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning that the onslaught was "about to rise considerably."
The US claimed that its B-2 bombers had dropped dozens of "penetrator" bombs on deeply hidden ballistic missile launchers within the nation, while Israel's military announced on Friday morning that it had started a fresh round of attacks on Tehran, focusing on "regime infrastructure" in a "new phase" of the conflict.
According to news sources and an Al Jazeera team on the ground, massive explosions rocked the Iranian capital's residential areas, the area around Tehran University, and sites connected to the nation's military and political institutions.
Mohamed Vall of Al Jazeera reported from Tehran that he heard loud explosions during the most recent round of attacks.
Iran's Noor News stated that an Iranian military academy and residential structures in Tehran were targeted while a journalist from Iran's public channel was covering the incident live.
Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, posted video of damaged classrooms on X after announcing that an elementary school in Tehran's Niloufar Square had been attacked. Since the start of the US-Israeli bombardment, several Iranian schools have been targeted, including Minab in the south on the first day of the conflict, which resulted in the deaths of at least 165 schoolgirls and personnel.
UNICEF reported on Friday that at least 181 of the more than 1,300 individuals murdered in the attacks on Iran thus far are children.
Tohid Asadi of Al Jazeera reported from Tehran that the bombardment in the capital had been more severe than it had been before.
"We have been experiencing a continuous barrage of tremendous hits since the very early hours of today and into the morning," he stated, adding that the Al Jazeera bureau could feel the blast's shockwaves.
He claimed, "I can say that compared to previous days, we observed stronger shelling overnight, at least in the capital," describing massive explosions and fighter jets in the sky while the city was enveloped by dense smoke from the strikes.
He said that the strikes had targeted places like the vicinity of Pasteur Street, a heavily guarded area where important Iranian government facilities are located and where the country's Supreme Leader and several of his relatives were slain in the early hours of the battle.
The Iranian President's Office is situated on the Boulevard as well. According to him, strikes also allegedly targeted civilian locations, such as residential complexes, parking lots, and gas stations.
President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Friday that the US and Israel should be the focus of mediation efforts. "Let us be clear: we have no qualms about preserving the dignity and sovereignty of our country, but we are dedicated to long-term peace in the region." "Those who undervalued the Iranian people and started this crisis should be addressed through mediation," Pezeshkian stated on X.
Twenty persons were reportedly killed in Shiraz.
In a region with several missile sites, assaults were also reported in Iranian cities like Shiraz, Qom, Isfahan, and Kermanshah. The Iranian Red Crescent said that at least 1,332 people have died as a result of the attacks since Saturday.
According to Jalil Hasani, deputy governor of Iran's Fars region, an incident in the Zibashahr neighborhood of Shiraz resulted in 20 fatalities and 30 injuries, according to Iranian state media.
Two paramedics were also killed in the city, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency.
According to Tasnim, an Israeli missile attack on residential areas in Poldokhtar, in Iran's western Lorestan region, resulted in at least six injuries.
The Israeli military claimed to have destroyed "three advanced Iranian defense systems" when its air force struck six Iranian missile launchers overnight, destroying them before they could fire at Israeli territory.
Residents in Qom's Shokouhiyeh industrial district were threatened with forced relocation by the Israeli military, who warned them to leave the region within hours or risk their lives.
