US and Israeli airstrikes hit oil depots near Tehran, blanketing the capital in black oily smoke and rain that raise acute health and environmental concerns.Verification teams at BBC and the platform Geoconfirmed confirm some footage of burning streets while identifying at least one viral clip as artificially generated and warning that some explosions may follow a separate drone strike on a Basij complex.Playwright
Homayoun Ghanizadeh describes waking in an apocalyptic
Tehran with dead birds on the streets, coughing residents, long gasoline queues,
Basij checkpoints and shuttered shops as authorities begin contamination assessments.