Reports from Iranian opposition sources describe a missile launch from the Tabriz area in northwestern Iran, as official Iranian state media states that 'the attacks in Iran have begun.' The target of the launch, the number of missiles, and any impact or interception are not yet known. The reports come amid a night of significant military activity across Iran and ongoing US strikes on Iranian targets, as previously reported.
Official Iranian state media has now confirmed that 'the attacks in Iran have begun' — an explicit acknowledgment that a military campaign is under way. The statement came minutes after reports from opposition sources, cited by N12, described a missile launch from the Tabriz area in northwestern Iran. The target of that launch, the number of missiles, and any impact or interception remain unconfirmed.
This confirmation marks a significant escalation from earlier snap reporting. At 21:14 UTC, The Zioneer reported sightings of heavy missile-launcher movement across several provinces, sourced only to opposition-aligned channels. By 21:29 UTC, power outages and an explosion were reported in Bandar Abbas and Minab, with analysts assessing the start of a US wave of strikes. The Tabriz launch — first noted at 21:31 UTC from the East Azerbaijan area — was initially a single-source report. The state-media declaration now bolsters the thread’s trajectory: what began as scattered, unverified claims has been matched by an official Iranian broadcast.
Background reports, published by The Zioneer earlier tonight and on previous days, show a broader pattern: Iranian missile activity has been detected from Shiraz toward the Persian Gulf (21:36 UTC), an underground launch from Khomein (01:16 UTC, June 10), and cruise-missile launches from Bandar Abbas (00:24 UTC). Opposing strikes by US forces have been assessed as a continuing campaign, while Iran has separately targeted Kurdish opposition bases near Erbil (June 7).
The precise targets of tonight’s launches, the scale of damage, and any casualties remain unknown. It is also unclear whether the Tabriz launch is a retaliatory Iranian salvo, a defensive move, or part of a planned exercise. The state-media announcement is still untranslated in full, and no independent verification of the attack’s scope has been published.
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