Iranian state-aligned media outlets report a barrage of missile strikes targeting Tel Aviv, amplifying Israeli media claims that severe explosions hit the area as Iran's retaliatory attacks continue.
Iranian state and military-aligned media report heavy missile strikes from Iran targeting the greater Tel Aviv area. According to آخرین خبر خوزستان, a regional Iranian news channel, there has been a firing of missiles from Iran toward the occupied territories.
Two major Iranian state-affiliated outlets, کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴 (an IRGC-aligned news channel) and فارس بینالملل و سیاست خارجی (the international arm of the state-aligned Fars News Agency), amplified reports they attributed to Israel's Channel 12. Highlighting the sustained nature of the barrage, both channels broadcast the claim that "Iran's attacks do not stop".
The Iranian networks emphasized the intensity of the strikes on Israeli population centers. Fars News International reported that within a few minutes, sirens sounded three times and severe explosions occurred in Gush Dan, the greater Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
These missile strikes follow an unprecedented wave of United States and Israeli airstrikes across Iran between March 9 and 13, which severely degraded Iranian military, naval, and IRGC infrastructure. The escalating military confrontation coincides with the formal appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's third Supreme Leader, the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces, and global oil prices surging above $120 a barrel.
All source messages are tightly aligned with Iranian state and IRGC narratives, eagerly amplifying Israeli media reports of destruction in Tel Aviv to project strength following the massive US/Israeli strikes earlier in the week. The term occupied territories is preserved without quotation marks in the text to faithfully maintain the original bias and posture of the Farsi sources.