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The purported CCTV footage, which is doing the rounds on social media, shows twin explosions in a busy city street with buildings and moving traffic on the roads
The purported video shows the effect of massive twin blasts in a busy Tehran area. (Image: @Qaisalamdar/X)
Iranian media has released footage of an explosion, which it claimed was of two simultaneous Israeli strikes in Tehran.
The CCTV footage, which could not be confirmed by News18, is doing the rounds on social media. The purported video shows twin explosions in a busy city street with buildings and moving traffic on the roads.
It can be seen in the video that the explosions cause a number of cars with passengers inside to be hurled in the air as the video ends in a cloud of debris raining from the blast.
Iranian media released CCTV footage showing the two simultaneous Israeli strikes in northern Tehran hitting a building sideways and on the road directly hitting civilian vehicles in traffic.Geolocation:This is in Tajrish, District 1, north Tehran.📍 35.8049358, 51.4344565 pic.twitter.com/rleTxFs4mp— Qais Alamdar (@Qaisalamdar) July 3, 2025
The purported strikes on Tehran were reportedly part of the 12-day air assault conducted under Operation ‘Rising Lion’ by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) earlier this month.
According to the Pentagon, the recent Israeli and American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have pushed back Tehran’s atomic ambitions by up to two years. “We have degraded their programme by one to two years at least,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said. “We’re thinking probably closer to two years.”
The Israeli operation, which involved over 125 US aircraft — including B-2 stealth bombers, fighter jets, and aerial tankers — targeted Iran’s nuclear infrastructure at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. In parallel, a US-guided missile submarine launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at a third facility.
Israel launched preemptive strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on June 13, citing intelligence that Tehran had reached “a point of no return” in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. According to Israeli defence officials, Iran has developed the capacity to rapidly enrich uranium and assemble nuclear bombs, with sufficient fissile material for up to 15 weapons.
The strikes marked a dramatic escalation in what officials describe as a broader Iranian strategy combining nuclear development, missile proliferation, and proxy warfare aimed at Israel’s destruction. A US-brokered ceasefire went into effect on June 24.
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