High-resolution satellite images accessed by NDTV show extensive damage across Tehran following coordinated American and Israeli strikes, including hits on the Presidential Complex and the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The images, captured before and after the bombardment, provide independent visual evidence of the scale of destruction on the fifth day of a widening regional war that has killed more than a thousand people and unsettled global oil markets.
Satellite photographs indicate structural damage at the Presidential Complex in central Tehran, with smoke visible in post-strike imagery and parts of the roof appearing destroyed. The site serves as a key administrative hub of the Iranian presidency.
Imagery also shows large sections of the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reduced to rubble. The IRGC oversees Iran’s ballistic missile forces, regional proxy groups, and internal security units. Damage was also visible at judicial buildings and a major hospital complex, where facade impacts and debris were observed, though it remains unclear whether the hospital was directly targeted.
The conflict has expanded beyond Iran’s borders. Iran said it has taken full control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of global oil supplies pass. Brent crude rose to 84 dollars a barrel, more than 15 per cent higher than before the conflict began.
Missile and drone exchanges were reported across the Gulf.
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted projectiles targeting the Ras Tanura refinery.
Qatar reported a missile strike on the US Al Udeid air base without casualties.
The Pentagon said four of six US troops killed in the conflict died in a drone attack in Kuwait.
Turkish officials said NATO air defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkish airspace.