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Deadly explosions rocked Tehran adjacent to a pro-government rally attended by apical officials connected Friday (March 13, 2026), arsenic Israel and Iran unleashed caller strikes successful a warfare that has ignited the West Asia and threatens to torpedo the satellite economy.
Since erupting connected February 28 with U.S.-Israeli attacks connected Iran, the warfare has cascaded passim the region, drawn successful planetary powers, and sparked a large lipid shock.
AFP journalists successful Tehran reported large blasts implicit the metropolis skies, arsenic Israel's subject said it had deed much than 200 targets successful occidental and cardinal Iran successful the past day.
Pro-government rally successful Iran
Iran's authorities media said astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed erstwhile blasts deed an country adjacent a pro-government demonstration, wherever ample crowds had gathered waving flags and brandishing banners speechmaking "Death to America" and "Death to Israel."
"These attacks are retired of fear, retired of desperation," said Ali Larijani, caput of the Supreme National Security Council, who attended the rally to people Quds Day, the past Friday of Ramadan.
"One who is beardown wouldn't weaponry demonstrations astatine all. It's wide that it (the enemy) has failed," said Mr. Larijani successful a code broadcast connected authorities TV.
President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi besides attended the rally, portion images shared by Iranian media the caput of the judiciary being interviewed conscionable arsenic a blast occurred.
Israeli strikes connected Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the ideological limb of the country's military, warned connected Friday (March 13, 2026) that immoderate caller anti-government protests would beryllium met with a stronger effect than successful January, erstwhile respective 1000 radical were killed.
Iranians speaking to AFP nether screen of anonymity person painted a grim representation of beingness nether the bombs, with cities successful ruins and currency moving short.
"People are desperately trying to retreat their savings from the banks, arsenic spot successful them has vanished," 1 30-year-old pistillate successful Kermanshah, occidental Iran, told AFP.
"Bread is present rationed. The colonisation is highly tense and outraged."
The United Nations exile bureau has estimated that up to 3.2 cardinal radical person been displaced wrong Iran since the warfare started.
Iran's wellness ministry said connected March 8 that much than 1,200 radical person been killed, a fig AFP has not been capable to verify independently.
