More airstrikes hit Tehran as huge smoke clouds rise into night sky

Описание: (7 Mar 2026)
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Tehran, Iran - 7 March 2026
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1. Flashes in sky amid air defense activity over Tehran, UPSOUND explosions
2. Zoom in on smoke and fire in distance
3. Various of plume of smoke rising from direction of Tehran oil refinery, zoom
STORYLINE:
Explosions and flames were seen over Tehran's skyline Saturday after fresh airstrikes on the Iranian capital.

Several airstrikes hit neighborhoods in Tehran’s east and southwest Saturday night as Israel’s military confirmed a new wave of attacks.

A huge column of smoke could be seen rising from the direction of an oil refinery in the capital.

They came after U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard!"

Earlier Saturday the Israeli military said that it had struck a Tehran airport used to help transport weapons to militant groups that Iran supported across the Middle East.

At least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 290 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel have been killed since the war began a week ago, according to officials in those countries.

AP video by Said Sarmadi

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