2 min readUpdated: Mar 1, 2026 10:13 AM IST
The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, targeting a number sites across the country.
In the capital city of Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were among the targets of first round of the airstrikes. According to videos and imagery verified by BBC, significant damage to part of the compound of Leadership House, the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been confirmed to have been killed in the attack. A high resolution image, by Airbus, shows damaged buildings, debris, and smoke billowing from the site. The location matched verified footage filmed in Tehran after the explosions in the area.
A few images also showed the strikes hit Narmak neighbourhood, where former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lives.
Another strike hit the area around the ministry of intelligence.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its strikes in Tehran targeted locations where senior political and security figures were gathered.
According to Fars News Agency, several missiles hit University Street and the Jomhouri area of the capital. Mehr News Agency reported at least two students were killed in an attack on a school located at the east of Tehran.
Attacks on locations in other parts of the country
According to Iranian state media, the strikes hit military sites in Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, Lorestan, and Tabriz.Iranian naval facilities in Kenarak in the south of the country were also attacked. Isfahan is a key hub for Iran’s ballistic missile programme that houses production plants and research facilities in and around the city.
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A video sent to the BBC from the small city of Kamyaran shows that an IRGC base was bombed.
As many as 85 people were killed at a girls’ school in Minab, also in the south of Iran, BBC said citing a state media report.
A few other Iranian locations that were reportedly hit by US-Israel strikes are: Zanjan, Urmia, Bushehr, Damavand, Ilam, and Shiraz.
— with inputs from BBC, Al Jazeera, CBS
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