Tehran was blanketed by thick black clouds following Israeli strikes on the capital’s oil facilities late Saturday — in what appears to be the first attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure since “Operation Epic Fury” began a week ago.
Iranians awoke to black rain water — saturated with oil — leaving rooftops and streets covered in the murky liquid.
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Eerie photos show Tehran shrouded in smoke and covered in black clouds hours after the Israeli military pummeled several fuel sites.
The Iranian Red Crescent warned that the explosions seen overnight at Tehran’s oil depots released “significant quantities of toxic hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides” into the air.
“In the event of precipitation, the resulting rain is extremely dangerous and highly acidic,” officials warned, adding that exposure to the substance could lead to skin burns and severe lung damage.
The city became covered in oil following a series of airstrikes that hit four oil storage facilities and a production center in Tehran and Alborz, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.
Harrowing video from the Saturday night strikes showed pillars of fire soar up into the sky and lighting up the capital, with the bombs killing four tanker drivers, Fars reported.
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