Monday 16 / June / 2025
Tehran: Iran's state broadcaster in Tehran was hit by an Israeli strike Monday evening, media report.
Earlier Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a cryptic statement that Iran's state television and radio were "about to disappear."
He made the statement after an evacuation warning was issued for a district in northern Tehran where the broadcaster is based.
Israel urges evacuation of Tehran district
Israel's military urged residents of a district in northern Tehran to evacuate "immediately" on Monday evening, saying it intended to carry out airstrikes.
"In the coming hours, the (Israeli military) will operate in the area, as it has in recent days throughout Tehran, to strike military infrastructure of the Iranian regime," the Israel Defense Forces said in a post on X in Persian.
The post showed a part of Tehran's District 3 on a map. The area is known as an upmarket part of Tehran home to at least four hospitals and medical centers, a major police building and state broadcaster IRIB.
Shortly thereafter, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said residents of Tel Aviv should evacuate, Iranian state media reported.
