Multiple industrial areas and a missile base near Tehran were hit by overnight strikes, with opposition channels claiming drone production facilities were targeted while local media downplayed the damage.
Military and industrial facilities located on the outskirts of Tehran were targeted by a series of overnight strikes between Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, according to multiple Iranian Telegram channels.
According to the opposition-leaning channel شبنامه, the Garmdareh missile base located west of Tehran was targeted by heavy strikes and crushing attacks in the early hours of Thursday, March 12. Footage reportedly captured from the area at approximately 02:15 AM shows large plumes of fire and smoke rising along the hillsides near the military site.
These early morning strikes followed earlier attacks on industrial zones south of the capital on Wednesday evening. Shabnameh reported that several factories and workshops linked to the drone and missile production supply chain were targeted across the industrial zones of Robat Karim.
Local and state-aligned media confirmed the locations of the Wednesday strikes but presented a vastly different narrative regarding the severity of the damage. The local news channel تهران آنلاین ࡆ TehranOnline reported a night attack on the industrial towns of Robat Karim, where several sheds were targeted. Citing the Deputy Governor of Robat Karim, the channel confirmed that the industrial areas of Parand, Zavareh-ei, Kazemabad, and the Jadeh Ghermez area in Nasirshahr were struck.
However, TehranOnline, quoting the semi-official Mehr News Agency, notably minimized the impact of the strikes, stating that one of the hit points was reported as an abandoned shed in the Zavareh-ei industrial town. This sharply contrasts with Shabnameh's assertions that active drone and missile supply facilities were successfully hit.
The source material presents two distinctly conflicting narratives typical of Iranian media ecosystems: Shabnameh (an opposition/anti-establishment source) frames the events as highly damaging, successful strikes on active military and drone infrastructure, while TehranOnline (a local channel relying on state-aligned agencies like Mehr) actively downplays the targets as minor or abandoned.