Opposition media and citizen footage report a massive wave of joint American and Israeli airstrikes hitting military depots, Basij command centers, and infrastructure in Tehran, Ahvaz, and numerous other Iranian cities.
A major wave of joint military strikes carried out by Israel and the United States struck targets across Iran early Monday, March 2. According to Iran International, a prominent opposition-aligned network known for its anti-regime stance, citizen footage from multiple provinces captured massive explosions, heavy smoke, and fighter jets in the skies over major cities. The network consistently attributed the widespread bombardments directly to American and Israeli forces targeting Islamic Republic infrastructure.
In the capital, videos documented heavy and continuous blows landing across Tehran, leaving vast columns of smoke over districts including Afsarieh and Marzdaran. A video released by the Israeli army and broadcast by Iran International reportedly showed an airstrike directly hitting a command center of the law enforcement forces and Basij in Tehran. Neighboring Alborz province also faced severe bombardment; footage captured deafening blasts in Garmdarreh and intense explosions near Sepah Square and Khatam town in Karaj, accompanied by the sound of fighter jets overhead.
In the country's south and west, strategic and military sites appeared to take heavy fire. Early Monday, a massive explosion resulting from the attacks of Israel and America rocked Ahvaz. Local residents speculated that a military ammunition depot was targeted, a claim quickly picked up by the domestic news aggregator Khabar Fouri, which bluntly alerted its followers that They hit Ahvaz. Meanwhile in Kurdistan province, early morning footage revealed an intense attack on one of the Islamic Republic's positions in Sanandaj.
The strikes extended to several other regions throughout Monday, with thick smoke from airstrikes recorded in Mahshahr, Zanjan, and Hamedan. By Tuesday, March 3, the military activity continued across different fronts, with Iran International receiving footage of drone flights over the skies of Shiraz and the occurrence of explosions in the industrial town of Bandar Abbas.
The source material is overwhelmingly driven by user-generated videos curated by Iran International. The network explicitly frames the events as joint American and Israeli operations aimed at 'Islamic Republic positions,' 'Basij' centers, and military depots. This framing is consistent with the outlet's established opposition to the Iranian government. Khabar Fouri functions here merely as a secondary aggregator, rebroadcasting Iran International's video and confirming the strike on Ahvaz.