ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - On the eighth day of the US–Israel war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran is under heavy bombardment and in the past 24 hours dozens of intense attacks have been carried out on the Iranian capital.
Iran’s official institutions do not publish the names of the locations being bombed or the number of casualties, but residents of the cities themselves record videos of the bombardments and publish information about the places being targeted.
Tehran and its surroundings
Since the early morning of Saturday, Israeli aircraft have continuously flown over the skies of Tehran and at times missiles have also been used to attack military bases and other targets in the Iranian capital.
On Saturday night, the Baghershahr refinery in southern Tehran and several targets in the neighborhoods of Tehransar, Jeyhun, Hashemi, and Azadi were bombed.
A resident of Tehran told Rudaw on Saturday night: “Since Friday evening, various locations across the city of Tehran have been continuously attacked with aircraft and missiles.” He also said: “Since the start of the war, Tehran and its surroundings have never been targeted like they have in these 24 hours.”
Since early this morning, the Iranian Army Air Force bases near Mehrabad Airport, the Ekbatan Aviation Industrial Complex, the Esteghlal Industrial Complex, a Basij base on Kashan Street, the Army aviation base of the infantry forces in the Koohak neighborhood, military and defense industrial complexes in the Parchin area southeast of Tehran, and several targets in the neighborhoods of Marzdaran, Rah-Ahan Town, Abshar, Hor Square, Sepah Street, the heights of District 22 and upper Chitgar, Tehransar, and Nazi Abad have been bombed.
In cities around Tehran, the IRGC command headquarters in Pakdasht, the IRGC command headquarters in Varamin, an IRGC base in the town of Qarchak belonging to Varamin, and the IRGC command headquarters and a police base in Eslamshahr were targeted. The IRGC command center for eastern Tehran province is located in the city of Varamin.
Apart from Tehran, on Saturday the United States and Israel carried out intense and extensive attacks in the five provinces of western Iran (Rojhelat) and at least eight other provinces of Iran.
In Isfahan province, the Sepahanshahr neighborhood in the southwest, a building in Faiz Square in the city of Isfahan, an IRGC Air Force base in Mardavij, the Imam Ali garrison in Najafabad, an IRGC Air Force base in Homayounshahr, and several targets near the silo area of Baharestan city in the province were bombed. An IRGC missile base is located inside the Najafabad garrison in Isfahan.
Also in Bushehr province in southern Iran, IRGC naval bases near the city of Bushehr and the Nayband area in the city of Asaluyeh were targeted with missiles and drones. In the city of Jam in the province, a military base that served as a missile launch site was attacked twice.
In West Azerbaijan province, three targets around the city of Tabriz and the IRGC command headquarters in Malekan were bombed.
Near the city of Zanjan, the air defense system at the Ansar al-Mahdi garrison was bombed.
In Hormozgan province, Kish Airport was bombed again for the several-th time since the start of the war, and an IRGC military base in the city of Bastak in the west of the province was targeted several times.