Tehran in flames, Tel Aviv under fire as Israel and Iran spiral into all-out war

Smoke, fire, and fury gripped Tehran and Tel Aviv in a deadly escalation on June 15 night, as Israel and Iran exchanged some of the most devastating strikes yet in their intensifying conflict.

Israeli warplanes pounded Iran’s key oil infrastructure and military targets, triggering massive infernos at the Shahran fuel depot and the sprawling Shahr Rey refinery in southern Tehran. At least 11 oil tanks were engulfed in flames, according to Iranian state media.

The strikes, which also hit nuclear-linked facilities and the Defense Ministry headquarters, left more than 78 people dead — including six senior security officials — and dozens injured.

Meanwhile, Iran’s retaliatory missile salvo thundered across the skies of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In the northern city of Tamra, an apartment block was shattered, killing four, while the nationwide death toll from Iranian strikes climbed to eight, including a child.

Over 100 people were injured across Israel’s central belt. The military confirmed that rescue teams were still searching for around 20 missing persons in Bat Yam following a direct missile hit.

Israel’s military said it had “completed additional strikes” on missile storage and launch sites in western Iran just hours later, underscoring its vow to dismantle what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls “every target of the Ayatollah’s regime.”

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, responding with defiance, warned that its operations “will become more ferocious and widespread if Israeli atrocities persist.”

In Washington, political pressure is mounting. The US Council of Muslim Civil Rights Organizations — America’s largest Muslim advocacy coalition — urged President Donald Trump to reject Netanyahu’s calls for expanded American support.

Accusing Israel of using “American bombs, American jets, and American taxpayer dollars” to attack Iranian civilians, the group compared the narrative to the lead-up to the Iraq war. “Iran does not have nuclear weapons,” it stated. “It was at the table, ready to commit to civilian-use uranium limits.”

As the region hurtles toward what experts warn could spiral into a full-scale war, both nations show no signs of retreat — only the promise of more firepower.