Dateline: What Happened in the Early Hours of June 18? At 04:58 local time (UTC+3:30), residents across central Tehran were jolted awake by a deafening blast. Within minutes, social media filled with shaky videos of orange fireballs climbing into the predawn sky. Israeli strikes on Tehran—the phrase that had loomed over the Middle East for years—was now a reality. Multiple secondary explosions followed, suggesting hits on ammunition depots. Air‑defence tracers lit the horizon, but no official siren system was activated in the capital, fueling confusion and fear. Satellite imagery reviewed…
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