Overview
- The Israel Defense Forces confirmed bombing fuel storage sites in and around Tehran, igniting large fires that sent thick smoke across the capital.
- Residents reported dark, oily rainfall, breathing difficulties and headaches as Iranian agencies warned the precipitation could be highly acidic and hazardous.
- Meteorologists describe the event as atmospheric scavenging, with a passing extratropical storm drawing soot and petroleum vapors into rain clouds.
- Fresh satellite analyses captured a dense smoke plume stretching about 67 kilometers over Tehran and showed elevated nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide levels following the strikes.
- Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said polluted winds from Iran could degrade air quality in western Pakistan and is monitoring conditions, while noting no effects have been observed there so far.