Multiple explosions were heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and in the city of Karaj in the late hours of Monday morning (2), according to Iranian state media.
“A moment ago, the sound of in some areas of Tehran,” state news agency Fars News Agency reported early Monday morning local time. Meanwhile, Tasnim news agency reported that “several loud explosions were heard on the outskirts of Karaj.”
Patients were evacuated from a hospital in northern Tehran on Sunday night (1), after the structure of the unit was seriously damaged in attacks. Images released by the state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, show the damaged exterior of the Gandhi Hospital, with debris and glass scattered across the street.
An IRIB reporter stated that patients, including babies, were evacuated from the unit following the attack. Two witnesses told the Reuters news agency on Sunday that Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the Gandhi Street area of Tehran, saying the hospital was seriously damaged and that patients were being evacuated. CNN cannot independently verify the information.
The director-general of the WHO (World Health Organization), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the agency was working to verify the incident.
“Reports that the Gandhi Hospital in Tehran was damaged during today’s bombing of the Iranian capital are extremely worrying,” Tedros pointed out in a post on X. “Health facilities are protected by international humanitarian law,” he concluded.
What is happening in the Middle East?
The United States and Israel began a wave of attacks on Saturday (28), amid tensions over the Iranian nuclear program.
The ayatollah regime began retaliation against countries in the Middle East that host North American military bases, including: the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq.
On Sunday, Iranian state media announced that its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was one of the victims of US and Israeli attacks.
Following the announcement of Khamenei’s death, Iran threatened to launch the “heaviest offensive” in history. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Persian country considers taking revenge for attacks by Israel and the United States as a “legitimate right and duty.”
In response, Trump threatened Iran against the , saying “they better not do this, because if they do, we will hit them with force never seen before.” The attacks between the parties continue this Sunday.
The day before, Trump had already stated that the attacks against Iran will continue “uninterrupted throughout the week or for as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, IN FACT, THE WORLD!”
