Widespread Israeli Air Force strikes were reported in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday afternoon, hours after the military issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for Iranian civilians to evacuate areas around weapons factories.
The strikes came as Israel’s operation against Tehran’s nuclear program and military industries continued for a third day.
Strikes were also reported against Iranian military sites in Shiraz, in the south of the country, according to local media.
“All individuals currently present or expected to be present in or around military weapons manufacturing facilities and their supporting institutions must immediately evacuate these areas and not return until further notice,” the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Col. Avichay Adraee, said in a Persian message on X before the strikes.
“Being near these facilities puts your life at risk,” he added, with the IDF Persian-language spokesman Master Sgt. (res.) Kamal Penhasi also issuing the same warning on the military’s Persian X account.
Explosions continued to echo across Tehran and elsewhere in the country on Sunday, but there was no update to a death toll put out the day before by Iran’s UN ambassador, who said 78 people had been killed and more than 320 wounded since the beginning of Israel’s strikes on Friday.
Footage posted online showed large plumes of smoke rising from the capital.
