Tehran, March 6, (dpa/GNA) – The Iranian capital has been shaken by rocket attacks for the sixth consecutive day, with the government-affiliated Iranian news agency ISNA reporting several explosions in the east of Tehran on Thursday.
The online portal Etemad also reported rocket strikes.
Meanwhile, the Israeli armed forces announced an attack in an industrial area about 20 kilometres south-east of the capital. In a Farsi-language post on X, they urged citizens to leave the area.
For other bombarded areas in Tehran, including residential districts, the armed forces did not issue any warnings.
In any case, the news is unlikely to reach many people as Iran’s power apparatus, has largely cut off the population from the internet since the war began on Saturday.
Iran said it has fired more than 500 ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, since the start of the war.
Furthermore, at least 2,000 combat drones of various types have been launched from Iranian soil, the Fars news agency reported on Thursday, citing an “informed military source.”
The agency is close to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s elite military force.
According to the report, about 40% of the attacks were directed against targets in Israel. The remaining approximately 60% of the Iranian attacks were aimed at “US targets.”
In addition to Israel, Iran’s forces are also attacking positions in the Gulf states, including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, where the US maintains bases.
On Thursday, Iranian media also reported the use of one of the missiles with the greatest destructive power in their arsenal. A ballistic missile of the type Khorramshahr 4, with a 1-metric-ton warhead, was fired at an air force base in Tel Aviv, the Tasnim news agency reported.
GNA