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@Eli Afriat 🇮🇱: Tehran has been BOMBED much more intensely in recent hours than in recent days. 🇮🇷💥
Tehran, the capital of Iran, experienced intensified bombing in recent hours, more severe than in the preceding days.
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Tehran, the capital of Iran, experienced intensified bombing in recent hours, more severe than in the preceding days.
A coordinated attack on Israel was reported from Iran, Yemen, and Lebanon. Citizens in Tel Aviv are seen evacuating to protected areas.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) conducted airstrikes on Friday against multiple defense and military sites in Tehran, including air defense systems, missile storage facilities, and research and development sites associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and other military infrastructure.
At 0823 UTC, military jet activity was observed over Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran.
At 0827 UTC, two explosions occurred near the Pasdaran area in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran.
At 0406 GMT, strikes were reported in the Darband area of Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran, with visual evidence suggesting the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A massive explosion occurred in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, at 1041 UTC. No specific casualty or arrest numbers were provided in the report.
According to reports, a second American fighter crew member has crashed and contacted the US military via encrypted radio. US forces have nearly 7 hours of darkness to locate the crew member in Iran.
Sari Azad University in Sari, Mazandaran Province, has been designated as a rest area for Basij forces, according to live updates from @IranNewsAlert. The location coordinates are 36°38′55.62″N 53°04′12.43″E.
On April 4, 2026, a missile was launched from near Tabarsi Boulevard in Amol, Mazandaran province, Iran. The coordinates of the launch site are 36°28′42.79″N 52°21′05.85″E.
In December 2025, the US State Department expelled the Iranian deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Saadat Aghajani, due to national security concerns, and in February 2026, also asked Aghajani's children to leave the country.
The US State Department expelled at least three Iranian diplomats from New York over the past six months.
The USA has ordered at least three Iranian diplomats, including Saadat Aghajani, the Deputy Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations, to leave the country over the past six months. Additionally, the UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Argentina have expelled Iranian officials following targeted actions by the Islamic Republic against them.
Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, and the United States have expelled Iranian diplomats. European countries, particularly France which lost a soldier to an Iranian drone attack, have not taken similar actions.
U.S.-born Iranian professor Hamid Dabashi, also known as Professor Marandi, went viral for stating he is ineligible to become president because his name is not in the Epstein Files. He was pictured with Scott Ritter, who was convicted of several criminal offenses related to sexually explicit online activity with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.
On the evening of April 3, 2026, Sina Delaram Psychiatric Hospital on the western side of Fadaian-e Islam Street in Tehran was targeted in an airstrike. The hospital was completely evacuated, and while no casualties were reported among patients or staff, the facility is unable to admit new patients and will require 5 to 6 months for full reconstruction.
On April 4, 2026, the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran was targeted during an attack on nearby ports, marking the fourth such incident. The attack damaged an auxiliary building and killed one security employee, while the main facility remained operational.
Islamic Republic media outlets published images of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, an Afghan Shia paramilitary group loyal to the regime, in Tehran. This comes after similar images of the "Popular Mobilization Forces" were published in various Iranian cities.
On April 4, 2025, Iraq closed the South Zurbatiyah border crossing in southwestern Iran after airstrikes on the border area killed an Iraqi traveler and injured two Iranian workers. The attack also damaged the Shalamcheh commercial border terminal in Khorramshahr.
Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, released videos showing the "Fatemiyoun" motorcade parade in Tehran and the presence of Popular Mobilization Units forces around Azadi Square, demonstrating support for the Islamic Revolution and reportedly aiding in suppressing nationwide protests.