{"id":20077,"date":"2026-03-07T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2026\/03\/07\/plumes-of-smoke-planes-ablaze-irans-mehrabad-airport-on-fire-as-israel-launches-airstrike-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T04:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:28:14","slug":"plumes-of-smoke-planes-ablaze-irans-mehrabad-airport-on-fire-as-israel-launches-airstrike-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2026\/03\/07\/plumes-of-smoke-planes-ablaze-irans-mehrabad-airport-on-fire-as-israel-launches-airstrike-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumes of smoke, planes ablaze: Iran&#8217;s Mehrabad airport on fire as Israel launches airstrike &#8211; watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Plumes-of-smoke-planes-ablaze-Irans-Mehrabad-airport-on-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Plumes of smoke and burning planes: Iranian Mehrabad airport on fire as Israel launches airstrike - watch\" title=\"iran war\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Saturday as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States escalated, with explosions reported at the capital&#8217;s Mehrabad international airport and other parts of the city.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Images posted on social media showed attacks and large fires at Tehran&#8217;s Mehrabad International Airport, with eyewitnesses reporting planes burning on the runway after explosions rocked one of the Iranian capital&#8217;s main commercial airports.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Israel said it had launched \u201cwide-scale\u201d attacks on targets in Tehran, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the western part of the city. &quot;The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) has begun a wave of large-scale attacks&#8221; against government targets in the Iranian capital, an Israeli military statement said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Follow live updates on the US-Israel-Iran war<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Witnesses described the Israeli airstrikes as particularly intense, saying the explosions shook houses and sent up plumes of smoke. Others reported explosions around the Iranian city of Kermanshah, an area home to several missile bases. The witnesses spoke anonymously for fear of reprisals, the AP reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The Israeli military earlier said it had detected another round of Iranian missile fire aimed at Israel. A series of explosions were later heard in Tel Aviv following the launches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Israel&#8217;s emergency services, Magen David Adom, said it received no reports of casualties after the bombing. The military later issued a statement saying people were free to leave their shelters \u201cin all areas of the country.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>As Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran and Beirut, Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and the Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. <!-- -->Much thunder was heard over Jerusalem shortly after midnight local time as Israel said it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a television interview that the \u201clargest bombing campaign\u201d of the war was yet to come.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The United States and Israel have carried out repeated attacks on Iran against its military capabilities, its leadership and its nuclear program, as the objectives and timelines of the war have continued to change.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The latest developments come after tensions in West Asia escalated following a joint US-Israeli military strike on February 28 on Iranian territory that killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with other senior figures.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>In retaliation, Iran launched waves of drone and missile attacks on several Arab countries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Saturday as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States escalated, with explosions reported at the capital&#8217;s Mehrabad international airport and other parts of the city.Images posted on social media showed attacks and large fires at Tehran&#8217;s Mehrabad International Airport, with eyewitnesses reporting planes burning on the runway after 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