CNN Investigation: US-Israeli strikes hit near civilian sites
CNN Investigation: US-Israeli strikes hit near civilian sites
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Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, which was shown on fire in dramatic footage early Saturday morning, was among several locations targeted in strikes, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
It’s not clear if the airport was struck directly. State media had reported that the airport was attacked.
Israel has said it launched a “broad-scale wave of strikes” early Saturday. CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment.
Other targets in the past 24 hours included military or official facilities, like a police station in Tehran and barracks belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to HRANA’s notice posted on Friday evening.
But other civilian buildings were also damaged by strikes, including the Mahabad Red Crescent – a humanitarian facility – and three residential units in Tehran.
HRANA, the news branch of non-profit organization Human Rights Activists In Iran (HRAI), compiled its information on the strikes through a combination of field reports, local contacts, medical and emergency sources, and open source materials, according to its website.
The US-Israel strikes have so far killed more than 1,200 people in Iran, according to Iranian state media.