Explosions, fighter jets over Tehran: Report

Loud explosions and fighter jets could be heard over Tehran on Thursday, AFP journalists in the Iranian capital said, after Israel said it had launched a new wave of strikes.

Local media also reported a series of blasts in Tehran and its western outskirts.

An AFP journalist saw smoke rising from southern Tehran.


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The Fars news agency reported an explosion in western Tehran, while the Shargh and Iran papers reported at least one explosion in Karaj a neighbouring city to the west.

The blasts came shortly after the Israeli military said it had begun "a large-scale wave of strikes against infrastructure" in the Iranian capital.

Israel and the United States have been bombing Iran since launching a massive wave of strikes on Saturday.