Air defenses activate in Tehran amid reported Israeli strikes
Sustained explosions have been reported by Iranian media over western Tehran late Monday, with air defenses activated across the capital.
Local outlets predicted that the Tuesday night barrage might be the most intense since the start of hostilities with Israel.
Anti-aircraft fire was observed in central and eastern districts, including Narmak and Lavizan.
60 jets struck missile sites deep inside Iran - army says
60 Israeli Air Force jets launched a major wave of strikes targeting Iranian missile launchers in the heart of Iran, Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Tuesday.
The offensive forced Iranian forces to retreat eastward, he added.
“They withdrew from western Iran, but we are coming after them,” Defrin said, adding that missile activity is now centered around Isfahan.
Pahlavi urges uprising, says Islamic Republic is collapsing
The Islamic Republic is in its final throes, Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi said, urging a nationwide uprising to hasten what he called its inevitable collapse.
“The Islamic Republic has reached its end and is in the process of collapsing,” Pahlavi said in a statement, adding “Khamenei, like a frightened rat, has gone into hiding underground and has lost control of the situation.”
Pahlavi called for protests across Iran—from Bandar Abbas to Tabriz—to dismantle what he described as a disintegrating apparatus of repression.
He appealed directly to Iran’s armed forces and civil servants not to defend a “decaying regime,” urging them to “play a historic role” in a transition toward democratic rule.
Addressing fears of post-Islamic Republic instability, he said, “Iran will not descend into civil war or instability. We have a plan for Iran’s future and its flourishing.”
US President Donald Trump: We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran
President Donald Trump said the United States now has “complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” adding that Iran’s sky trackers and defensive equipment do not compare to American-made technology.
“Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”
