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Israel Intensifies Strikes on Iran as Tehran Prepares to Elect New Supreme Leader

Summary by CGTN
The Israel-Iran conflict intensified on Friday as both sides escalated military operations on the eighth day of hostilities, with Israel continuing large-scale airstrikes inside Iran and Tehran launching missile and drone attacks while preparing to elect a new supreme leader within the next 24 hours.

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The Israeli army announced that the air forces had launched a new series of “extended” strikes on targets related to the Islamic regime. More powerful explosions were heard around the moon during the night in Iranian capital, residents reporting to Associated Press that the bombings were the most intense air raids on the city since the beginning of the war. The explosions were heard for 30 minutes, especially in the clothing areas of the capital…

The war that began after the US/Israeli attack on Iran continues on its 11th day. Following the announcement by the genocidal Israeli army that it had launched a large-scale attack on Tehran, the capital of Iran, a series of violent explosions occurred in the city.

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Israel is carrying out a “wide wave” of attacks in Tehran for the second time this afternoon (9). The Israeli army said that the last wave of attacks was against “terrorist targets”. Earlier this afternoon, Israeli military portal Effie Defrin said that Israel had reached “the key strengths of the Iranian regime” in three provinces, reaching a military command centre, a site for the manufacture and storage of missiles and other Iranian military …

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Powerful explosions rocked Tehran and other Iranian cities on Monday as the Iranian capital came under renewed attack. Witnesses reported hearing fighter jets approaching Tehran from the north, flying over the Alborz Mountains. Local residents said a government complex housing police stations, court buildings, and administrative offices was bombed in the densely populated city of Karaj, on the outskirts of Tehran. One resident said, "The buildin…

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CGTN broke the news in Beijing, China on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
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