After weeks of threats, USA e Israel This Saturday they launched a “major” attack contra Iran, where they were produced explosions in Tehran and in other cities.
Among the targets attacked in the so-called operation “Epic Fury”meet the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Jameneiin power since 1989, and President Masud Pezeshkian, according to Israeli public television.
“This terrorist regime can never have an atomic weapon,” said US President Donald Trump when announcing the attack. The Republican president presented this “massive” campaign as a “noble mission,” and recognized that his country could suffer casualties.
Iran responded by launching missiles and drones against Israel and attacking US bases in several countries in the region.stated the Guardians of the Revolution.
AFP correspondents reported explosions in Jerusalem, but also in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, where a missile attack hit a US Fifth Fleet facility.
The first deaths reported were 24 schoolchildrenin an Israeli attack that hit a school in southern Iran, according to a local official.
On your part, The Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates announced the death of a civilian due to the fall of missile debris in Abu Dhabi.
Smoke in Tehran
In Tehran, a column of smoke It rose above the Pasteur neighborhood, where the residence of the supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the headquarters of the presidency are located.
Witnesses heard at least three explosions in the area. Around Khamenei’s residence there was a heavy security deployment and streets were closed, an AFP journalist noted.
At the same time, communications are affected: phone calls stopped workingaccording to an AFP journalist, and the internet connection was cutstated the specialized website NetBlocks.
In his speech from his residence in Palm Beach (Florida), Trump, wearing a cap with the initials USA, announced “major” attacks to “eliminate imminent threats” caused by Iran.
His ally, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahunoted that the operation seeks to “eliminate the existential threat” posed by the Islamic republic.
Israeli security sources said that the operation responds to the “acceleration” of ballistic missile production by Iran and that it will continue “as long as necessary“.
Totally annihilated
“The hour of your freedom is at hand,” Trump told the Iranians, whom he urged to “take control” of their government.
“We are going to destroy your missiles and completely destroy your missile industry. It will be completely wiped out, again. We are going to wipe out your navy,” Trump said in his message.
The US president offered Iran’s military leaders “immunity” if they surrendered, or “certain death” if they did not.
Netanyahu echoed this call and He told Iranians that the time had come to “throw off the yoke of tyranny”.
The son of the late Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, exiled in the United States, stated in a video that they were “very close to victory.”
“I want to be at your side as soon as possible so that together we can recover and rebuild Iran,” said Pahlavi, who has assured that he is ready to lead a political transition in Iran.
The Israeli military said the attacks hit hundreds of military installations and were the result of months of joint planning with the United States.
Iranian state television said President Pezeshkian was “safe and sound.”
The Fars news agency noted that “seven missile hits were recorded in the districts of Keshvardoost and Pasteur” in Tehran.
“I saw two Tomahawk missiles flying horizontally,” an office worker told AFP on condition of anonymity. “At first we heard a thud and thought it was a fighter jet,” he added.
Iran, Israel, Iraq, Syria and Qatar closed their airspace to civilian traffic and numerous airlines announced the suspension of flights to the region.
Explosions were heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded, and the army reported that it identified “missiles launched from Iran towards the State of Israel.”
A message was sent to the population’s cell phones urging them to take refuge.
Tensions
Iran and the United States held a third round of negotiations this week under Omani mediation, seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid war.
Washington wants to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, a fear of Western powers, repeatedly denied by Iran.
On February 19, Donald Trump gave an ultimatum of “10 to 15 days” to decide whether an agreement was possible or whether he would resort to force.
New tensions arose between Washington and Tehran in January when Iran violently repressed mass protests challenging the power of the ayatollahs in the Islamic republic.
Trump then threatened to intervene in the country to “help” the Iranian people.
In June 2025, Israel and Iran clashed in a twelve-day war, triggered by an unprecedented attack launched by Israel against the Iranian military high command, as well as against missile launchers and facilities linked to the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
The United States joined its ally’s military operation, attacking three Iranian nuclear sites on June 22.
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