Breaking: Israel says Iran's state TV and radio ‘about to disappear'
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Iran's state television and radio were 'about to disappear' after an evacuation warning was issued for the district in Tehran where the broadcaster is based.
'The Iranian propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear,' he said in a statement. 'Evacuation of nearby residents has begun.'
At the same time, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) called on the residents of Tel Aviv to evacuate as soon as possible, Iranian state media reported.
Loud blasts were heard Monday in western Tehran, an AFP journalist said, as a rapidly escalating air war between Iran and Israel raged for the fourth consecutive day.
A large cloud of black smoke billowed over the area of the Iranian capital, the journalist said.
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