Iran, Israel and Tehran
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Reports of the latest missile attacks on Israel circulated on Iranian state media hours after Israel said it had attacked a media building in Tehran.
Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
The Iranian regime faces pressure as Israel strikes military targets, with Iranian Americans advocating for the overthrow of what one Iranian American describes as a "paper tiger regime."
The Israel Defense Forces has released dramatic footage of its air force destroying two of Iran’s last remaining F-14 Tomcats — the iconic US fighter jets made famous by “Top Gun.” Aerial videos show the moment the two US-made jets are blown up in Israeli drone strikes on an airfield near Tehran.
As Israel and Iran trade fire, Tehran's state-backed crypto mining and 300K BTC holdings draw fresh scrutiny for their role in navigating sanctions and supporting the digital economy.
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That is the word most people who have spoken to the BBC use to describe life in Iran right now. After three days of Israeli attacks, "everyone is trying to escape" Tehran "one way or another," one resident told BBC News Persian.