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'Night turned into day': Iranians tell of strikes on oil depots

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Iranians have told the BBC about the moment several oil depots were hit by strikes overnight, as the US and Israel continue their attack on the country. One resident said "it was as if night had turned into day". Fuel depots were hit in Tehran and Karaj, west of the capital, according to local news agencies, citing a source in Iran's oil ministry. Video showed a street on fire in Tehran near one depot, where a man could be heard saying shops and homes were ablaze. "Karaj was calm for a day but now it's turned wild again – they've blown it up," one resident told the BBC. Another man in his 30s from Karaj said "it started with a red light that lit up everything followed by a wave that jolted the door". "Then the sky was lit again and a huge red cloud appeared. We didn't know what was happening," he said, adding that he went up to his rooftop and saw the local oil depot on fire. The BBC is not revealing the identities of the Iranians we speak to for their own protection.…

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