Explosions heard in Tehran as IDF announces Israeli strikes against Iran – National

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Explosions heard in Tehran as IDF announces ******** strikes against Iran – National

DUBAI, ******* ***** Emirates (AP) — ******* launched airstrikes early Saturday on what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile ******** Oct. 1, officials said. There was no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic.

*******’s military described the ******* as “precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” without immediately elaborating.

“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking ******* since Oct. 7 – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” an ******** military statement said. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of ******* has the right and the duty to respond.”

In Tehran, the Iranian capital, the sound of explosions could be heard, with state-run media there initially acknowledging the blasts and saying some of the sounds came from air defense systems around the city.

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A Tehran resident told The Associated Press that at least seven explosions could be heard, which rattled the surrounding area. The resident spoke on condition of anonymity for ***** of reprisals.

Iran has launched two ballistic missile attacks on ******* in recent months amid the ongoing *******-****** war in the Gaza Strip that began with the ****** ******* on ******* on Oct. 7, 2023. ******* also has launched a ground invasion of Lebanon.

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The strike happened just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was arriving back in the U.S. after a tour of the Middle East where he and other U.S. officials had warned ******* to tender a response that would not further escalate the conflict in the region and exclude nuclear sites in Iran.

White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said in a statement that “we understand that ******* is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran” and referred reporters to the ******** government for more details on their operation.

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******* had vowed to hit Iran hard following a massive Iranian missile barrage on Oct. 1. Iran said its barrage was in response to deadly ******** attacks against its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, and it has promised to respond to any retaliatory strikes.

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******* and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ******* considers Iran to be its greatest threat, citing its leaders’ calls for *******’s destruction, their support for anti-******* militant groups and the country’s nuclear program.

******* and Iran have been locked in a yearslong shadow war. A suspected ******** ************** campaign has ******* top Iranian nuclear scientists. Iranian nuclear installations have been hacked or sabotaged, all in mysterious attacks blamed on *******. Meanwhile, Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping in the Middle East in recent years, which later grew into the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping through the Red Sea corridor.

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But since ******’ Oct. 7 *******, the battle has increasingly moved into the open. ******* has recently turned its attention to Hezbollah, which has been ******* rockets into ******* since the war in Gaza began. Throughout the year, a number of top Iranian military figures have been ******* in ******** strikes in Syria and Lebanon.

Iran fired a wave of missiles and drones at ******* last April after two Iranian generals were ******* in an apparent ******** airstrike in Syria on an Iranian diplomatic post. The missiles and drones caused minimum damage, and ******* — under pressure from Western countries to show restraint — responded with a limited strike.

But after Iran’s early October missile strike, ******* promised a tougher response.

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Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

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