Iranian state-aligned media report that Israeli missile strikes targeted military and densely populated residential areas in the city of Sanandaj, resulting in at least two fatalities and significant property damage.
State-aligned Iranian media networks are reporting a series of missile strikes on the western Iranian city of Sanandaj on the morning of March 2. According to the prominent state-news aggregator Akharin Khabar, the city was targeted with missiles six times throughout the morning.
The attacks struck both civilian and military targets. The IRGC-affiliated Sepah Pasdaran News Channel reported that the strikes hit several military sites as well as two old, densely populated residential areas. The strikes resulted in the martyrdom of two individuals in the residential zones of Sanandaj, according to Tasnim News Agency, as cited by Akharin Khabar.
In their coverage, these state-aligned channels utilized heavily charged language typical of Iranian official media, attributing the attacks directly to Israel and the United States. Akharin Khabar and its regional outlet Kurdistan Today reported that the city was bombarded by the usurping Zionist regime led by criminal America.
Field observations shared by Akharin Khabar indicated that the sound of the explosions drove residents out of their homes and into the alleyways, while heavy smoke blanketed the sky over the province. Local correspondents for Kurdistan Today also published images documenting the extensive damage inflicted upon people's homes in several neighborhoods.
The source messages utilize strong, ideologically charged language standard for Iranian state and military-affiliated media. The translation preserves terms such as martyrdom, usurping Zionist regime, and criminal America to accurately reflect the editorial posture of the reporting channels without sanitization.