{"id":3829,"date":"2025-06-16T18:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:34:42","slug":"israel-strikes-iranian-state-broadcasters-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/israel-strikes-iranian-state-broadcasters-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel strikes Iranian state broadcaster\u2019s office"},"content":{"rendered":"

The office has continued to operate despite the damage sustained in the attack, according to local media<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Israeli military has targeted the headquarters of Iran\u2019s state broadcaster (IRINN) as part of its bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. The office has continued operating despite sustaining damage, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n

The strike came as IRINN was broadcasting live on air. Videos shared by both Israeli and Iranian media show a female anchor being forced to interrupt her work as the room she is in is affected by the attack. Dust and small pieces of debris can be seen flying in the air before the lights in the room go off after the sound of an explosion.<\/p>\n

At least four bombs hit IRINN\u2019s Political Affairs Office, which is operated by the Iranian Broadcasting Agency (IRIB), the state news media outlet said. Photos and videos from the scene show the building on fire, with plumes of thick black smoke rising above it.<\/p>\n

The IRIB maintains that broadcast resumed just minutes after the strike. It is unclear how many people were affected by the attack. The female anchor identified as Sahar Emami was reportedly unharmed and returned to work. She condemned the attack in a talk with IRIB and questioned the international community\u2019s inaction \u201cin the face of silencing journalists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) confirmed that it had struck the broadcaster\u2019s office, claiming the facility had been singled out because its \u201cinfrastructure and assets\u201d<\/em> were allegedly being used by the Iranian Army under the guise of civilian activity.<\/p>\n

According to Israeli Defense Ministry Israel Katz, the broadcaster was specifically targeted in the strike. \u201cIranian propaganda and incitement mouthpiece is on its way to disappearing,\u201d<\/em> he stated just before the attack, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.<\/p>\n

Tehran has branded the attack on the broadcaster a \u201cwar crime.\u201d<\/em> The UN Security Council \u201cmust act now to stop the genocidal aggressor from committing further atrocities against our people,\u201d<\/em> Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said regarding the incident.<\/p>\n

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) also condemned the attack, saying it was \u201cappalled\u201d<\/em> by Israel\u2019s action. \u201cThis bloodshed must end now,\u201d<\/em> the New York-based NGO said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

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Offices in Tehran shared by RT and Ruptly also had to be evacuated on Monday due to intensifying Israeli strikes against the city. The bureau chief of RT\u2019s Tehran Office, Hami Hamedi, said that staff members had to promptly flee their office, as they received a warning from Iranian authorities about an impeding Israeli strike targeting their building.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Israel launched a series of air raids against Iran, including one that targeted a uranium enrichment center in Natanz and another which assassinated several senior military commanders and scientists. Iran retaliated by firing dozens of ballistic missiles into Israel. The sides have been exchanging attacks ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The office has continued to operate despite the damage sustained in the attack, according to local media The Israeli military has targeted the headquarters of Iran\u2019s state broadcaster (IRINN) as part of its bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. The office has continued operating despite sustaining damage, according to Iranian media. The strike came as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3830,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions\/3830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}