Iran War: Explosions in Tehran for the First Time
The US military launches new strikes, the eleventh consecutive night against Iran. The war now also returns to the metropolis of Tehran for the first time since the latest flare-up of the conflict.
For the first time since the beginning of the latest escalation in the Iran war, air defenses have been activated again in the capital Tehran. Muffled detonations were heard in the northeast of the metropolis during the night, as a reporter for the news agency dpa reported.
Parallel to the explosions in Tehran, the US military announced a new wave of strikes on military targets in Iran. Iranian state media also reported anti-aircraft fire in various districts of the city, which is home to around 15 million people. Shortly afterward, calm returned — and the US military announced the end of its wave of strikes.
The attacks were intended to weaken Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital to global oil trade, according to Centcom, the US command responsible for the region, posting on the platform X.
Attack on "Pickaxe Mountain"?
The targets of the roughly hour-long wave of strikes included military command centers, the Iranian navy, and air force locations, according to the statement. It was the eleventh consecutive night in which the United States attacked the Islamic Republic.
US President Donald Trump had threatened Iran with further strikes just hours earlier, specifically naming an area around a facility known as "Pickaxe Mountain." "We will be targeting this area shortly, and with full force," Trump said.
The Republican had previously threatened an attack on the complex, which is concealed within a mountain south of the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran. Trump also emphasized that the US military would target any facility that the leadership in Tehran sought to use for nuclear purposes.
