18-06-2025
BBC Verify Live: Verified videos capture Tehran blasts, plus new Iran satellite images analysed
Update:
Date: 10:00 BST
Title: Verified videos show blasts across Tehran
Content: Peter MwaiBBC Verify senior journalist
We've been sourcing and authenticating videos showing a series of loud explosions overnight in eastern Tehran following another night of Israeli air raids.
The footage we've verified shows huge plumes of smoke rising into the night sky above the Iranian capital.
We can tell where the strikes have taken place by looking at physical features in the footage such as mountain ranges and matching them against online mapping services like Google Earth.
In the footage we can see smoke coming from slightly behind the mountain range to the east of Tehran which matches the location of the Khojir missile production complex - an expansive military installation near the town of Hajarabad.
The location also matches heat sources captured by Nasa satellites, external that are used to track wildfires and other thermal signals.
Update:
Date: 09:27 BST
Title: Wednesday on BBC Verify Live
Content: Rob CorpBBC Verify Live editor
Good morning from the newsroom in London.
We have a number of stories to chase and verify today as the team continues to update and inform the BBC's reporting on the conflict between Iran and Israel.
Because BBC News cannot operate freely in Iran we use verified footage and images to get a better understanding of what is happening in the country.
So today we're looking at:
We'll also be updating our data on the number of English Channel small boat crossings by migrants as the UK government warns the situation is "deteriorating".
