At least 78 people were killed and 329 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Iranian capital Tehran early Friday, local media reported.
“The unofficial death toll from today’s terrorist attack by the Zionist regime in Tehran province is estimated at 329 injured and 78 martyred,” the Iranian semi-official news agency Fars said.
Israel launched a large-scale attack early Friday, deploying around 200 aircraft to target Iran’s nuclear program and long-range missile capabilities. Several senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists were killed in the strikes.
Iran has vowed “severe punishment,” and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to hold Israel accountable for its actions.
Killings in Tabriz
Israeli strikes on Friday killed at least 18 people and wounded 12 others in Iran’s northwestern Tabriz city, airports and its surroundings, the provincial governor told Iranian news agency ISNA.
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported that airstrikes struck the city of Tabriz, reportedly near the airport. State television confirmed that additional explosions were heard minutes later in East Azerbaijan province, where Tabriz is located.
Additional reporting frin AFP and Times of Isreal.
