‘I just want to be able to sleep’: Attacks in Iran rock cities and cut power

Iranians have told that they are exhausted and struggling to sleep after 10 days of Israeli and US attacks, as explosions “every few hours” rocked Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj overnight and cut power.

“I was in total darkness last night,” one man in his 30s from Tehran said, while others reported temporary blackouts or power fluctuations.

“I’m feeling terrible. They hit a street near us today. I just want to be able to sleep tonight,” a man in his 20s in the capital said.

Another in his 20s in Tehran said “we’re still alive,” but added that “where missiles hit is getting closer and closer every day.”

On Monday evening, the Israeli military announced that it had begun a “broad wave of strikes against terror targets in Tehran”.

The military said on Tuesday morning that it had targeted an underground complex used by the Revolutionary Guards for weapons research, infrastructure within the main headquarters of the Quds Force, the Guards’ overseas operations arm, and other weapons and defence production sites.

Another “wave of strikes” was launched in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon, according to the military.

Israel and the US launched a joint attack on Iran on 28 February, prompting retaliatory Iranian missile and drone strikes against Israel and targets in Middle Eastern countries hosting US military bases and embassies.

On Monday, the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA) reported that 1,761 people had been killed in Iran – including at least 1,245 civilians, 194 of them children – since the war started.