‘We Are Terrified’
Across Iran, the sound of explosions rippled through cities like aftershocks of an earthquake.
“We are scared, we are terrified. My children are shaking, we have nowhere to go,” said Minou, a 32-year-old mother in Tabriz, speaking by phone to Reuters.
Iran warned it had closed the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow artery through which roughly one-fifth of global oil passes. Traders braced for surging energy prices. Airlines canceled flights across the region.
Senior Revolutionary Guard commander Ebrahim Jabbari warned that Iran had so far deployed only “scrap missiles” and would soon unveil weapons the world had not seen before.
The U.N. Security Council was set to convene in New York. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate halt to hostilities.
Israel’s military said about 200 fighter jets carried out the largest aerial mission in its history, striking 500 targets across Iran, including strategic defense systems previously weakened in last year’s clashes.
State media cited a local prosecutor in Minab saying a girls’ primary school was hit, killing 85 people. Reuters could not independently confirm the report, and Israel did not immediately comment.
