Tel Aviv, March 21 -- Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Tehran early on Friday as Iranians marked Nowruz (Persian New Year), in what was its largest symbolic attack on the country, with activists reporting noises of explosions across the Iranian capital.e war.
In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had "begun a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran", marking an increasing focus on pivotal strategic sites and cities.
The strikes come a mere day after heightened tensions besieged both sides, in which Israel had signalled it would refrain from targeting a key Iranian gas field, even as Iran expanded attacks on all its oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf.
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