Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, reports that officials converted a key highway linking the capital to northern Iran into a one-way route to accommodate the heavy outbound traffic.
The agency reports heavy traffic heading north out of the capital.
Iran’s top national security body had earlier told residents they should consider leaving Tehran for their safety.
In northern Tehran, supermarkets are seeing a surge of customers seeking bread and bottled water. However, supply has been limited, and some of the items most in demand — including bread, eggs, bottled water and milk — are currently unavailable in certain stores.
Long queues have also been observed at gas stations across the city.
State television shows footage from one of Tehran’s highways, Soleimani highway, where extremely heavy traffic was visible on west-to-east routes.
IDF says it completed wave of strikes targeting strategic Iranian air defenses
The IDF says it has completed an extensive wave of airstrikes targeting “strategic” Iranian air defense systems.
One of the targets was an “advanced SA-65 air defense system” deployed in the Kermanshah area, according to the military.
“The IDF continues at this time to strike infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in order to cause a blow to the regime and thwart threats to the Israeli home front,” the military adds.
More explosions heard in Abu Dhabi, Manama, Doha
Residents and AFP correspondents in the Emirati, Qatari and Bahraini capitals hear more explosions, as Iran launches waves of retaliatory strikes in the Gulf following US and Israeli attacks.
An AFP correspondent in Manama heard at least two blasts, with journalists in Qatar reporting a new wave of explosions. Residents in Abu Dhabi also heard explosions.
Two witnesses tell AFP they saw smoke rising from Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra base, which hosts US troops.
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Israeli TV report, citing unnamed Israeli sources: Growing indications that Khamenei killed
Israeli TV report, citing unnamed Israeli sources: Growing indications that Khamenei killed
Israel “assesses” that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was likely killed in an Israeli strike earlier today, Channel 12 says, citing unnamed Israeli sources. It says there are “growing indications” to this effect.
There is no official confirmation of the report.
The TV station had minutes earlier said the Israeli assessment was that Khamenei was “hurt at the very least, ” and that this was not an assessment based on satellite imagery showing Khamenei’s presidential compound being flattened, but rather on information from unnamed sources.
Khamenei is reportedly expected to deliver an address shortly. The TV report suggests that, if so, it was recorded in advance.
Channel 12 also reports that the strikes today have caused “very significant harm” to the leadership of the Iranian regime and its military commanders.
Israel’s Kan state TV says “there is no contact” with Khamenei and his condition is not known.
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If the US/Israel had taken out Iranian leadership last June, thousands of Iranian citizens alive today and this current war totally unnecessary.
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