Tehran: Destruction and Rescues After Attacks

Tehran is a bombed landscape, with flattened buildings and injured people, after attacks. Rescue teams are trying to extricate citizens from the rubble in central areas of the city.

Videos from the Iranian capital show destroyed buildings, wrecked vehicles and streets full of debris. In several areas, roads have suffered extensive damage.

Injured people are on the ground and citizens along with rescuers are trying to move them away. Rescue teams are working to extricate people from collapsed buildings.

The destruction extends to commercial streets, with damaged shops and smoke rising from the ruins.

The situation exacerbates the already acute economic crisis facing the country.