Tehran was attacked again on Monday, with explosions erupting in multiple locations across the city almost simultaneously.
Later that day, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed that the Israeli Air Force had launched a new round of large-scale airstrikes on Tehran.
The conflict entered its third day on Monday.
It began as the United States and Israel launched joint combat operations against Iran on Saturday. Iran retaliated with a series of counterattacks against U.S. and Israeli targets across the region. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials were confirmed killed in the strikes.
"Now we can hear the fighter jets flying over Tehran. In the direction I'm pointing, eastern Tehran, at least five locations in central Tehran, as well as areas in the west and north, were attacked almost simultaneously, with massive explosions occurring," said China Media Group (CMG) reporter Li Jiannan at around 14:20 local time in northern Tehran.
According to Li, a significant blast was observed about two to three kilometers from his point of reporting, likely in the vicinity of the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
According to preliminary reports from the reporter, from 14:20 to 15:00, at least 10 locations throughout Tehran experienced explosions.
Multiple explosions rock Tehran as U.S.-Israeli attacks continue
Multiple explosions rock Tehran as U.S.-Israeli attacks continue
Travelers in Iran have diverted to neighboring Armenia as Iran's air travel remains heavily disrupted following a joint military strike by the United States and Israel.
Armenia's Agarak Checkpoint is one of those seeing an influx of international travelers from Iran.
"This time I was, for a business trip, flying from China to Iran, but somehow due to the war situation, I had to left Iran suddenly. I haven't finished my business trip yet, but I hope the war will end soon and I can come back and continue my business trip," said Wang Zhongyang, a Chinese businessman.
"I was just for visiting families and friends. Then I wanted to fly back to Canada. I'm stuck because of the security issues in Iran. Then I tried to pass this border to get another plan to get back home," said Mo Aghazadeh, a Canadian Iranian.
"My flight was from Tehran to London yesterday. I was in the airplane. I was supposed to leave, but then the airspace was closed, so I had to come back, take a car, come across the border and go to Yerevan to the next airport to find a flight back to London," said Abbas Soleimany, a tourist from London.
"Traffic leaving Tehran was quite, quite high, but traffic towards Tehran was very low. So there was a long queue of the cars trying to leave Tehran," he added added.
Israel closed its airspace to civilian flights on Saturday, according to local authorities.
The Israeli public was asked not to travel to Ben Gurion International Airport and other airports until further notice.
Travelers divert to Armenia as Iran's flights disrupted by US attacks
