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SvennoJ on 16 June 2025
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IRGC issues tit-for-tat evacuation warning for Tel Aviv residents

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a statement warning residents of Tel Aviv to evacuate as soon as possible for their “safety and security”, Iranian state media report.

The warning was issued shortly after Israel released an evacuation threat for Tehran’s District Three.

Iran’s state TV attacked

Iranian state TV says it has come under an Israeli attack.


Iran’s state-run network says it has been attacked by Israel. Footage aired by the network shows a female presenter live on air as a loud blast is heard.

Sahar Emami, the Iranian Broadcasting System anchor, has now returned to the live broadcast of the Khabar Network, Mehr News Agency reported.

The strike came after a warning today from Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, who said: “The mouthpiece of Iranian propaganda and incitement is on the verge of disappearing. The evacuation of nearby residents has begun.”

Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, is located in the area covered by the evacuation threat.

Broadcasts on the channel have since returned to normal.


‘You hear the sound of the aggressor attacking the truth’

A short while ago, Israeli forces bombed the offices of Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran. The Israeli strike interrupted the state TV broadcast as the presenter was seen fleeing the studio.

Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabari says the anchor, Sahar Emami, is one of the most famous state TV presenters in the country. Moments before the attack, Emami was saying: “Listen, what you hear is the sound of the aggressor. You hear the sound of the aggressor attacking the truth.”

Jabari said these are going to be “extraordinary scenes”.

“This TV channel is the most watched inside the country because foreign channels are banned inside Iran,” Jabari said. “So people use satellite dishes to access foreign media and channels, and it’s very difficult most of the time, so this is the most accessible to the general public.”