Thursday, July 16, 2026

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Received video with caption: One of the bridges in Kohorstan, Khamir County. Local sources: The #BandarAbbas–Lar highway has been closed in both directions. Thursday, 25 Tir Vahid: A vehicle can be seen that may have fallen off the bridge. Update: Video content, citing eyewitnesses, from IRIB! Airstrikes on two bridges in Bandar Khamir 🔹 Eyewitnesses say two bridges near the village of Kohorstan and the Shur River in Bandar Khamir County were hit. 🔹 The driver of a private car was killed on one of the bridges. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Received video with caption: In Kahurestan #BandarAbbas, a bridge has been targeted. Audio from the video: “A missile hit the middle of the bridge. The fuel tanker was destroyed, the driver died, a piece of the bridge is gone. Nobody come this way...” Thursday 25 Tir Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Received video, captioned: They’ve built a bridge in Kahurestan, Bandar Abbas 📡 @VahidOnline

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Images received with the caption: Attack on Iranshahr Airport in Sistan and Baluchestan 📡 @VahidOnline

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Incoming messages: Hi bro, they hit Iranshahr Airport again at 23:01. Five minutes ago, they hit Iranshahr Airport again. Hi, they hit Iranshahr Airport ten minutes ago. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tasnim: 7 injured in US enemy attack on Bandar Abbas 🔹 According to a Tasnim News Agency reporter: Following an attack moments ago by US aggressor forces on the residential neighborhood of Tappeh Allah Akbar in Bandar Abbas, 7 of our compatriots have unfortunately been injured so far. 🔹 Immediately after the incident, all emergency and medical response teams at Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences were placed on full alert, and the necessary treatment is underway for the injured. 🔹 The Public Relations Office of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences strongly condemns this act of aggression and urges the honorable people of Bandar Abbas to remain calm, follow news only through official and reliable sources, and refrain from spreading rumors. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Incoming messages: Bandar Abbas: loud explosions, 4 times. At 11 p.m., just now, there was a loud explosion in central Bandar Abbas. Hiii Vahid dear, two explosions east of Bandar Abbas, at the airbase. They’re striking at 23:00. Just now, two really loud explosions. Bandar Abbas, Bandar Abbas—two explosions; the second was terrifying. At 23:00, to the east. Bandar Abbas: just now there was an explosion. A few minutes earlier there was another one, too. It was so intense just now that my room windows shook. 11:01. Hi, just now they hit Bandar Abbas 4 times, seconds apart, very intensely (we’re near the airport). Hi Vahid dear, it’s 11 p.m. in Qeshm. We heard fighter jets and 4 or 5 explosions that shook the house. A fighter jet is circling overhead. Again, in Bandar Abbas, the sound of fighter jets is very clear. Two explosions went off, and the power immediately cut out. The sound of the fighter jets hasn’t stopped at all. Bandar Abbas, at 11, I think it’s near the airbase. Hi Vahid dear, in Qeshm, around Dehkhoda, we heard 3 fairly loud blasts. They’re still striking Bandar Abbas! Loud blasts, and the electricity is fluctuating too. Power is out in some areas. At 11 p.m., three explosions in Bandar Abbas. Just now, three explosions in Bandar Abbas. Bandar Abbas: within a few minutes, 4 or 5 very loud explosions; the house shook. The last one was around 11:02. Hi Vahid, in Bandar Abbas, the power surged first, then there was a loud explosion. Hi Vahid, exactly at 23:00, there was an explosion in Bandar Abbas. Bandar Abbas, at 23:00, there were 4 extremely loud, thunderous explosions. They struck the port again. Big, but not as big as one or two hours ago. There have been far more explosions in Bandar Abbas tonight than on previous nights. It was really frightening. The sound reached downtown and near Golshahr. They hit the port several times, and the power kept cutting in and out. Vahid, it’s not just Bandar Abbas—the power is fluctuating there, and several nearby villages are having the same fluctuations and outages. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Hi dear Vahid, just now in Ahvaz we heard the sound of two explosions. 10:30. Another explosion in Ahvaz, same thing again, 22:31. Ahvaz, at 10:31, we heard two huge explosions, Vahid dear. 10:30, two explosions one after another in Ahvaz. Just now, at 22:30, we heard an explosion in Ahvaz. Ahvaz, at 10:30, we heard three explosions. Ahvaz, as on previous days, explosions come at 22:30. Three loud explosions. Did you notice? They’re all at the same time 😭 😭 😭 😭 Last night, they hit at exactly the same time too, 22:31. They hit Ahvaz at 10:30; there were three. Just now, at 22:30, two huge explosions in Ahvaz. Again, like yesterday, they hit Ahvaz right at 10:31. Ahvaz, 22:30—they’re more on time than the power cuts. Ahvaz, two explosions at 22:31. Just now, an explosion in Ahvaz; it started at 10:30, like every night. Hi Mr. Vahid, two explosions in a row in Ahvaz at 22:31. Ahvaz, we heard explosions twice at 22:30. Hi, bro Vahid, two loud explosions in Ahvaz just now. Ahvaz, at 22:31, we heard two explosions. Last night it started at exactly the same time too. Every night, right at 10:30, they hit Ahvaz. Tonight again, at 10:30, two loud explosions near Zeytun-e Karmandi in Ahvaz. Right on time—the power-outage schedule isn’t even this accurate, Vahid. 🔄 Agaaain! Oh Vahid, again—two more at 22:34. Two explosions in Ahvaz at 22:34, another loud blast. Two more sounds in a row in Ahvaz. 10:35, an explosion at 22:35 in Ahvaz. Another explosion in Ahvaz at 22:34—this one was louderrr. Another one farther away too. They just hit again, 22:35 in Ahvaz, this time louder—it was terrifying. The third and fourth just now, at 22:35. Ahvaz is shaking again, Vahid. Two just now in Ahvaz, at 22:35. It was really loud. After those first two, another one just went off at 22:35. 10:35, a huge, massive explosion in Ahvaz. 📡 @VahidOnline

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CENTCOM: At 2 p.m. today Eastern Time [9:30 p.m. Tehran time], U.S. forces began a fresh wave of strikes against Iran for the fifth consecutive night, aiming to further weaken Iran’s military capabilities. CENTCOM 📡 @VahidOnline

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A video said to be from tonight’s attacks on Bandar Abbas. @ farahmand_alipour Messages received: Hi Vahid, Bandar Abbas, 21:44. I hear a sound; I don’t know if it’s air defense or an explosion. Hi dear Vahid, three really, really terrifying explosions just now, at 21:42. Bandar Abbas. I’m in Bandar Abbas—they’re hitting usssssss, one after another. 9:42, several powerful explosions in Bandar Abbas. 9:45, Bandar Abbas. Three terrifying explosions right in front of our house. Hi dear Vahid, just now at 21:42, three explosions in a row in Bandar Abbas. Hi, Bandar Abbas, 21:43. Four explosions. Several terrifying explosions just happened in Bandar Abbas. Hi Mr. Vahid, west Bandar Abbas, Zone 4. It just blew up—five extremely powerful explosions. Three explosions in Bandar Abbas. The Army Navy, west Bandar Abbas, and the Bandar Abbas radio station. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Fars News Agency: 🔹 Hormozgan Governor’s Office: At 18:10, locations near Qeshm were hit by American missiles. Bandar Abbas: Hormozgan Governor’s Office: At 18:20 and 18:40, locations near Bandar Abbas were hit by enemy American missiles. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Image sender: Police said the bus had broken down, and the driver got out to fix it. It was in neutral and rolled from the station’s third step to the first. Fire Department: A stationary bus in front of Saei Park collided with 5 motorcycles and 2 cars. Bus company: There were no passengers on board, and it was being moved after rescue operations and repairs. Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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(⚠️ Blood in the first 2 seconds) Audio from the video: “The bus’s brakes failed and it ran over every motorbike in its path. Vali Asr Street.” It also hit police vehicles. Vahid, Tehran, Thursday 25 Tir, via @iliaen 📡 @VahidOnline

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Tir 1403: We enriched uranium to 20%—did war break out? We enriched it to 60%—did war break out? hafezeh_tarikhi 📡 @VahidOnline

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A Semnan provincial official: Semnan Airport was also targeted in an airstrike early Thursday morning. Mahmoud Ghodrati, director general for security and law enforcement at the Semnan Governorate, claimed that a storage hangar on the airport grounds was hit by a missile and that some of the windows in the main terminal building were damaged. According to him, the attack took place in the early hours of the morning and caused no casualties. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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A security official told Agence France-Presse that on Thursday, 25 Tir, a drone struck a ship carrying “American vehicles” near an oil terminal. The ship was reportedly coming from the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, four Iraqi oil and security sources told Reuters that on Thursday, crude oil loading at all Iraqi terminals was halted after a drone struck an oil tanker at the Basra terminal. In response to the reports, a spokesperson for Iraq’s Oil Ministry said that crude oil loading at the country’s southern terminals was continuing and that they were investigating reports of an unidentified “object” falling onto an oil tanker. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji says the decision to end Hezbollah’s military role in the country was a sovereign, independent decision by Lebanon, made before the recent agreement in principle with Israel. On Thursday, 25 Tir, Mr. Rajji said the decision paved the way for an agreement reached last month between Lebanon and Israel, with U.S. mediation. Emphasizing that Lebanon “has made its decision,” he said there would be no return to “dual sovereignty,” and no place for weapons outside the framework of the state’s legitimacy or for decision-making outside the country’s official institutions. Rajji also said that deploying the Lebanese army throughout the country is inseparable from the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from all occupied Lebanese territory. Hezbollah, which is backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, is designated a terrorist organization by the United States, while the European Union considers only its military wing terrorist. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Wall Street Journal, citing several U.S. officials, reported that Donald Trump is leaning toward expanding the U.S. military operation in Iran after several briefings with his senior aides. According to the unnamed officials, the options under discussion include stepping up airstrikes, sending ground forces to seize Iranian islands near the Strait of Hormuz, and bombing a fortified, secret nuclear facility. The newspaper reported that on Tuesday evening, U.S. time, Donald Trump hosted a meeting in the White House Situation Room to discuss the possible seizure of Kharg Island and other areas along the Strait of Hormuz using U.S. forces, as well as a possible bombing of a tunnel complex at Mount Kolang Gazla, also known as Pickaxe Mountain. Mount Kolang Gazla is the site of a deep, secret Iranian nuclear facility near Natanz that has not yet been targeted by the United States. The Wall Street Journal says expanded airstrikes against additional targets in Iran, including power plants, also remain a possibility. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a question about threats from Iran against his life, said he “doesn’t think about it at all.” Speaking to Fox Business, he stressed: “If I thought about these things, I wouldn’t be able to do my job effectively.” Trump added that other people handle it, and that he thinks they’re doing a good job, emphasizing that he himself doesn’t think about it at all. @ VahidOOnLine He also stressed that he could destroy the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the same way he defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria during his first term as president. Trump said: “We’ll be in good shape. They’ve been weakened. Their weapons are down 91 percent. Their drone capability has been severely reduced. They still have some, but not many. Their production capacity has been reduced. Their rocket and missile launchers have been severely reduced. Their missiles have also been severely reduced.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Half an hour from the three-hour conversation between JD Vance and Joe Rogan: the section about Iran JD Vance, the U.S. vice president, criticized what he called “war hawks” in the U.S. and other countries during an interview with Joe Rogan. He said they are spending heavily to try to derail the Trump administration’s negotiations with the Islamic Republic and change U.S. public opinion. Defending the Trump administration’s approach, Vance stressed that diplomacy is essential to resolving the crisis involving attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. He said that alongside military action, dialogue is the only way to address the crisis. @VahidOOnLine More of the transcript of the video above: telegra.ph/Vance-07-16-4 📡 @VahidOnline

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CENTCOM post, machine-translated: The latest wave of U.S. attacks on Iran has ended. Tampa, Florida — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) ended its evening wave of attacks on Iran at 9 p.m. Eastern Time [4:30 Tehran] on July 15. U.S. forces struck command centers, air defense positions, missile and drone capabilities, and Iran’s coastal surveillance facilities to further weaken Iran’s ability to threaten the innocent sailors aboard commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM used precision-guided munitions to strike positions at several locations, including Bandar Abbas. Earlier this morning, U.S. forces targeted coastal defense positions and cruise missiles on Greater Tunb Island in a 90-minute wave of attacks. At the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, the U.S. military is holding Iran accountable. CENTCOM Government sources: Statement No. 15 🔸 The early-warning radar of the C-RAM system at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, as well as a gathering place for criminal soldiers of the terrorist U.S. Army, was targeted in a combined attack. Public Relations Office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: In the name of God, the Crusher of Tyrants. Fight them until there is no more persecution. Brave and uprising people of Iran! 🔹 Following last night’s enemy attacks on locations along the country’s southern coasts and in its cities, your valiant and heroic sons in the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force, during the eighth wave of Operation Nasr 2, bearing the blessed code name “Ya Zaynab al-Kubra (peace be upon her),” carried out a combined operation using their missile and drone capabilities. They targeted and devastated the C-RAM system’s early-warning radar at Ali Al Salem Air Base, as well as a gathering place for criminal soldiers of the terrorist U.S. Army. 🔹 We once again remind the honorable people of Kuwait that the United States is committing these crimes against Muslim Iran using your soil. 🔹 We expect our Muslim brothers and sisters to rid your country of the invaders and, by fulfilling your Islamic duty, preserve your historic honor and dignity. IRGC on the sound in Pakdasht: It was air defense. Nothing was hit. 🔸 Statement from the Seyyed al-Shohada Corps of Tehran Province about the sound heard in Pakdasht: Public Relations Office of the Seyyed al-Shohada Corps of Tehran Province: 🔹 A few minutes ago, an explosion-like sound was heard in the vicinity of Pakdasht County. Field and military investigations indicate that the sound was caused by the operation of air defense systems in the Parchin area. 🔹 We categorically deny claims by certain hostile media outlets and royalist groups that anything was hit. No incident or impact occurred in the area; the activity was part of the air defense systems’ readiness and operation. 🔹 We ask our dear people to remain calm, follow news about this event only through official media, and avoid paying attention to targeted rumors spread by foreign media to create tension and psychological insecurity. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages coming in from Tehran are probably all about the sound of air defenses: “The air defenses are firing. 3:51.” Yusef Abad, Tehran. “An explosion in Tehran at 3:50.” “Tehran’s air defenses are operating.” 3:51. “Yusef Abad, Tehran: air-defense sounds.” “Narmak: air-defense sounds.” 3:51. “Hi Vahid, air defenses are firing in central Tehran. It just started.” “Air defenses in Tehran right now.” “Air-defense sounds in eastern Tehran.” “Hi, Khorramabad: heard one explosion.” “Central Tehran: air-defense sounds at 3:50. They weren’t very loud—just a few.” “Vahid, 3:51, Narmak, Tehran: air-defense sounds.” “Bro, air-defense sounds in Tehran, Seyed Khandan, at 3:50.” “Tehran’s air defenses are operating at Shohada Square.” 3:51. “Central Tehran, Sohrevardi: distant explosions. It sounds a bit like air defenses in the distance. Ekhtiyariyeh, 3:51.” “Tehran, Abbasabad: air defenses at 3:50.” “Pasdaran, Tehran: air-defense sounds.” “Hi, air defenses just became active near Imam Hossein Square.” 3:51. “I’m in Mirdamad, Tehran. They’re firing now—two loud sounds, followed by five or six smaller ones.” “Hi. Piroozi, Tehran: air-defense sounds.” 3:52. “Vahid, we heard air-defense sounds around Sohrevardi.” 3:52. “Hi, just heard an explosion near Seyed Khandan.” “Hi! At 3:51 in Semnan, the sound of fighter jets is audible.” “It’s 3:51 now. Heard three explosions.” “I heard a sound in western Tehran.” “Hi, dear Vahid. It’s 3:52 now. Air-defense sounds in Tehran’s Nirooye Havaei neighborhood.” “Central Tehran. There was an explosion sound—it was far away—and then air-defense sounds.” 3:51. “Hi, dear Vahid. Air-defense sounds in eastern Tehran, around Fadak, at 3:52. I don’t know where.” “Three loud sounds in a row in Sohrevardi, but I don’t know where they came from. They seemed far away.” “Hi, dear Vahid. Air-defense and fighter-jet sounds in western Tehran, near the airport.” “Air defenses activated in Tehran’s Dabestan neighborhood at 3:50 a.m.” “Hi, it’s 3:52. Air-defense sounds in Gisha, too.” “I’m at Sepah Square. An explosion, or air defenses! I can’t tell. It’s far away. 3:50.” “Hi, dear Vahid. Air-defense sounds around North Amirabad.” “Hi, dear Vahid. Tehran, Shariati Street near Mirdamad: heard air defenses. It wasn’t very close.” “Hi, dear Vahid. At 3:51, air-defense sounds were heard four or five times at Shohada Square.” “I think it was air defenses, around Imam Khomeini Street in Tehran, at 3:50.” “Vahid, hi. Air-defense sounds in Vanak. Two minutes ago.” “Hi, it’s 3:53 in Tehran now. Air-defense sounds, and you can see the light in the sky.” “Hi, dear Vahid. They fired air defenses in the east, but there was a loud sound before that. I don’t know if they hit anything; nothing is visible.” “3:50, air-defense sounds in eastern Tehran.” “Hi, western Tehran, Punak: faint explosions coming one after another from far away.” “Hi, dear Vahid. It seems like there was an explosion in eastern Tehran just now. I’m not sure because we were asleep, but it sounded like the ones in Esfand. 3:51.” “Air-defense sounds in Tehran, Shariati Street. Brief.” “Hi, dear Vahid. It’s 3:54 a.m. on 25 Tir now. Air-defense sounds in Gisha, Tehran.” “Shush, Tehran: air defenses.” 3:53. “Western Tehran: We heard several explosions in a row at 3:51. They’ve started again.” “Just now, at 3:56.” “Another sound just now, at 3:55, near Haft-e Tir.” “3:56: air-defense sounds or gunfire again near Narmak.” “3:56, North Amirabad: air defenses for the second time.” “From Ekhtiyariyeh, 3:56: heard several sounds. They’re different from the previous sound, which was air defenses. [Air-defense systems come in different types and make different sounds.]” “Vahid, 3:56: air-defense sounds in eastern Tehran. This is the second time in the past 10 minutes.” “Tehran, Shamsabad near Majidiyeh Police Station: air-defense sounds are continuing.” “Hi, North Majidiyeh: continuous air-defense sounds around 4 a.m.” “Hi, dear Vahid. Repeated air-defense sounds in central Tehran.” “Dear Vahid, at 3:51 a.m., very brief air-defense sounds on Haqqani Expressway.” “Bro, just now, around 3:55, there were about 10 sounds, but they weren’t very close.” “Yusef Abad.” And dozens of similar messages. Update: State media — Pakdasht Governor: “The sound heard a few minutes ago in Pakdasht County was caused by the operation of the air-defense system.” 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Khorramabad: I heard an explosion. Hi, at 3:48 there was an explosion in Khorramabad. Vahid Khan, from Borujerd: It sounded like they fired a missile. A loud, sudden roar came from the sky. Khorramabad, 3:47: A sudden, fairly loud explosion. There was a very loud explosion in Khorramabad. Our whole building shook. Hi Vahid jan, 3:47 in Khorramabad—the sound came. Hi Vahid jan, Khorramabad, Lorestan: an explosion at 3:47. 🔄 They hit Khorramabad again at 3:57. Hi Vahid jan, just now there was another explosion in Khorramabad. Hi Vahid jan, in Borujerd just now there was a terrifying sound. I had headphones on, so I couldn’t make it out clearly. After that, I heard what sounded like a missile or a fighter jet. Mr. Vahid, a really loud sound in Borujerd—truly strange and powerful. I really don’t know if it was an explosion or another ballistic missile launch. It was louder than thunder. Another explosion in Khorramabad. The second explosion in Khorramabad at 3:57. They hit Borujerd at 3:55—a very, very powerful explosion. Hi Vahid jan, I’m in Borujerd. There was a loud, sudden sound (at 3:50 a.m.). Based on experience, it sounded like a missile launch. Bro, there were two sounds in Alashtar, Lorestan. They usually launch missiles from around here: once at 3:47, and again around 3:56. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Just now, there was an explosion in Urmia, from the direction of the mountains around the city. Just now, there was an explosion with a tremor outside the city. (Urmia) Then there was a loud sound, like a missile or a fighter jet in the air. There was an explosion in Urmia a few minutes ago, accompanied by the sound of a fighter jet [probably a missile]. Outside Urmia, near the border, you can hear a fighter jet. Just now. Hi, dear Vahid. They’ve fired missiles from Tabriz again. Hi, Vahid. It’s 3:46 now. They fired a missile from Tabriz at 3:46. Just now, a missile went up from around Osku, East Azerbaijan Province. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tehran Province, air defense sounds: Hi dear Vahid, it’s 03:27 now. An explosion just went off toward Pakdasht. Mr. Vahid, Pakdasht’s air defense just fired. The explosion was really loud. 3:25, 3:30—sounds are coming from the direction of Pakdasht. Hi, there were explosions and air defense fire inside Pakdasht about two or three minutes ago. A huge explosion in Parchin and Pakdasht—really loud. I think they hit Parchin. 3/30, several explosions in Parchin. Hi Vahid, at 3:20 there was a loud air defense sound in Pakdasht. Now it’s 3:30 and there are explosions inside Pakdasht. They’re hitting Parchin! Air defense fire—eight bursts. Hi dear Vahid, Parchin’s air defenses just activated, and the sound was heard in Pakdasht. Hi, two of them just went off at 3:31. The sounds came from Qarchak and Varamin. First I heard four or five explosions, probably anti-aircraft shells. In Sharifabad, behind Parchin, the air defense fire is really loud. 3:18. We have our final math exam this morning. I’m in 12th grade and I’m practically dying of stress, and just now there was an explosion. In Pakdasht, the air defenses have fired several times. 3:30. Mr. Vahid, it’s intense. 🔄 Just now, a barrage of air defense fire toward Pakdasht. 3:43—still going. At 3:42, the anti-aircraft defenses were very active. At 3:43, air defense activity in Pakdasht picked up again. 🔄 The air defense sounds got even louder again, from the direction of Parchin. 3:45, even louder. It’s still going like this. I’ll let you know when it stops 😂 A fighter jet sound at 3:46. Another huge explosion in Khorramabad at 3:57. Hi Vahid, they hit Khorramabad again at 3:57. Another explosion in Khorramabad at 3:56—it was really loud. Tehran: explosion sounds toward Azadi just now, dear Vahid. At 3:48, two very loud blasts in Khorramabad, ten minutes apart. The whole building shook. Lorestan, Alashtar (Selseleh): there was a loud sound and shaking. I don’t know if they hit them or we launched a missile. Again at 3:50, and at 3:56 the same shaking and sound. Lorestan, Alashtar—they’re hitting it terribly. Khorramabad. Hi dear Vahid, around 3:55 they launched a missile from Borujerd. It was incredibly loud. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Unverified incoming messages: At 3:15, a single loud explosion was heard in the direction of the Semnan Industrial Park. Semnan: two very powerful waves of explosions—the house shook, but their source is unknown. This happened at the same time as the call to prayer was being broadcast from the mosques. Hi, dear Vahid. It’s 3:18, and there was a loud sound in the city of Semnan. Update: Government sources say people in parts of Semnan heard explosions. Markazi Province: Two explosions in Khandab. Mr. Vahid, three heavy explosions in Khandab. Update: Government sources: The deputy governor of Markazi Province says an area outside the city limits of Khandab was targeted twice by enemy projectiles. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump: Iran releases detained American citizen Trump’s post, machine-translated: Iran has allowed an American citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December 2024 during sleepy Joe Biden’s “presidency,” to leave the country. She has now safely left Iran and is doing well. The United States of America appreciates this goodwill from Iran! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump Apparently her name is “Dana Karari”: twitter Update: Jared Genser, a Washington-based human rights lawyer, said in a statement: “I am pleased and excited to announce that my client, American citizen Dana Karari, who had been trapped in Iran since December 2024 on baseless charges, is now free.” He added: “This would not have been possible without the extraordinary and persistent efforts of President [of the United States,] Donald Trump. Dana is now safe and on her way back to the United States of America.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Incoming messages: Bandar Abbas, right now at 1:26, two explosion sounds. Hello, Bandar Abbas, 1:27, air base, two loud explosions. Greetings, dear Vahid, just now in eastern Bandar Abbas, near the air base, we heard two explosions. Three explosions in Bandar Abbas; probably one was at the air base. Hello, dear Vahid, several heavy blasts in Mesan; intense shaking, and the power went out. Half an hour ago, one hit Qeshm Island; another one just hit now, 1:29. 🔄 Air defense activity in Bandar Abbas. At 1:51, window rattling and air-defense sounds can be heard in eastern Bandar Abbas. Air defenses have just become active in Bandar Abbas. Air-defense engagement in Bandar Abbas, near the air base. Air defenses have just become active in Bandar Abbas. Air defenses are positioned in the [...] neighborhood of Bandar Abbas, among people’s homes, in the [...] neighborhood. Dear Vahid, please share this in full, dear. 🔄 An extremely loud sound in Bandar Abbas—the sound barrier broke. A terrifying noise came from the sky. 1:58, Bandar Abbas: just now, again, a [blast?] and a terrifying sound. 1:59. I don’t know if it was an explosion or air defense. At 1:58, it was very loud, toward the air base. Dear Vahid, a strange sound in the sky over eastern Bandar Abbas, like a roar, but the source is unknown. Hello, Vahid. Bandar Abbas, 1:57: a very loud, prolonged sound, as if something was about to hit and be destroyed. 🔄 Loud explosion at 2:21 in eastern Bandar Abbas. 02:20, they hit Bandar Abbas hard. Another heavy explosion; they hit Bandar Abbas’s air base again. The explosion was extremely powerful. It’s 2:20 now. 2:21, South Golshahr, Bandar Abbas: an extremely loud explosion, like a roar. Hello, Bandar Abbas, 2:20, a terrifying sound near the airport. Hello, 2:20, a huge explosion in Bandar Abbas. A loud explosion just went off, Bandar. Vahid, 2:21. 🔄 Another 3 or 4 explosions at 2:26. Vahid, two heavy explosions just now at the Bandar Abbas air base. Hello, 2:26, a huge explosion in Bandar Abbas. Explosions are coming one after another in Bandar Abbas; just now, two more, 2:27. 2:27, another explosion, this time farther away or weaker. Bandar Abbas, two more sounds at 2:27. Again, the airport or air base. The previous sound was louder. Three explosions at Bandar Abbas air base at 2:27. Hello, dear Vahid, 2:27, two explosion sounds in Bandar Abbas. More sounds in Bandar, two again at 2:26; the first hit, the second sounded like air defense. 2:26, Bandar Abbas: two loud explosions, four seconds apart, heard in the Golshahr area. Government sources: Hormozgan Governor’s Office: At 2:20, a location near Bandar Abbas was hit in an attack by the American enemy. 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, 24 Tir, in a speech at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, that Iran “will be defeated soon.” Referring to recent U.S. attacks on Iran, he said that despite what he called a “military operation,” the oil market had not experienced a sharp spike and, contrary to predictions, prices had not risen significantly. Trump added that many had expected oil prices to climb to $350 a barrel, but they are currently around $79 and had even fallen to $68 a few days ago. The U.S. president also said that the measures taken in response to what he called “Iran’s noncompliance” had been limited, and that if the situation calms down, oil prices could drop to around $55 or even lower. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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CENTCOM post, machine translation: U.S. forces disable a noncompliant vessel in the Gulf [of Persia] Tampa, Florida — On July 15, U.S. forces, enforcing the naval blockade against Iran, disabled an empty oil tanker that was attempting to head toward an Iranian port in the Gulf [of Persia]. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces observed the Curaçao-flagged oil tanker M/T Belma sailing in international waters toward Kharg Island. The commercial vessel ignored multiple warnings as it attempted to violate the U.S. blockade. A U.S. aircraft disabled it by firing Hellfire missiles at the ship’s smokestack. The vessel is no longer heading toward Iran. At 4 p.m. Eastern Time on July 14, U.S. forces resumed the naval blockade of vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports and coastal areas. During the first 24 hours of the blockade, CENTCOM diverted two compliant commercial vessels and disabled one noncompliant vessel. U.S. forces remain vigilant and prepared to ensure full compliance with the blockade. CENTCOM wrote something other than “Persian Gulf” instead of «Persian Gulf». 📡 @VahidOnline