Iran says will retaliate as Israeli attacks on Tehran continue
Escalation is the name of the game on the ground as the confrontation between Iran and Israel ramps up.
Tonight, we heard from Iran that they struck Israeli territories as a part of their retaliation. They are saying that they are going to continue as long as the Israeli attacks on Iran also continue.
Here in Tehran, we are also hearing the activation of the air defence system throughout the day, and sounds of the interception of incoming missiles and drones.
In downtown Tehran, we learned of at least two strikes near the capital’s main streets of Vali Asr and Taleghani. We have also heard of another strike north of the city. In the south of Tehran, a fuel depot was also hit, and we saw thick smoke rising in the sky until the late hours of Sunday.
Also, we hear from the Iranians that they have not used their full capabilities. And last but not least, we hear from the Iranian military officials that they have been prepared for years of prolonged confrontation.
The reality on the ground right now is showing an escalation and further conflict, confrontation between two sides, but how the future could unfold is something for which we have to wait and see what comes next.
Israel has killed ‘many children’, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Israel of killing “many” children in its strikes on the country.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said that Israeli forces had also targeted Hakim Children’s Hospital in Tehran after Iranian media reports of a strike on the perimeter of the medical facility.
“They’re ‘killing children as a hobby,’ as admitted once by Yair Golan, the former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army,” Baqaei said on X, referring to the Israeli opposition leader’s controversial comments last month in which he said that a “sane” country did not kill children “as a hobby”.
Baqaei’s remarks come after he earlier described Israeli claims that its strikes were being carried out with “surgical accuracy” as propaganda.
