Iran’s Red Crescent is searching for survivors “trapped under the rubble” after US-Israeli strikes on the capital, Tehran, and a deadly assault on the city of Qom.Air raids targeted three residential houses in Qom on Friday, killing six people, according to local media. Qom’s deputy governor told the Fars News Agency that the number of injured remained unknown.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listExplosions were reported in Tehran after the Israeli military launched attacks it described as targeting the Iranian leadership’s infrastructure in the “heart” of the capital.“We’ve heard the sound of air defence systems, usually triggered by drone attacks or threats, since yesterday evening,” Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said, reporting from Tehran. “Overnight, we heard massive blasts.”A residential complex in Urmia was targeted overnight in what was reported to be a direct missile attack.Hamed Saffari, the director-general of crisis management for the West Azerbaijan province, told the IRNA news agency that “four residential buildings were completely destroyed” and confirmed that the strike “left a number of citizens killed and injured”.At least 1,937 people have been killed during the war and almost 25,000 injured, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian told Al Jazeera on Thursday. He said 240 women and 212 children were among the war dead.Raids were also reported in Karaj and Isfahan’s industrial complex.“We are far from any point of de-escalation,” Al Jazeera’s Asadi said.The Norwegian Refugee Council warned on Friday that Iranians are “exhausted and traumatised”. Advertise …
