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Israel-Iran live updates: Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News Israel-Iran live updates: Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News
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BBC Verify
Paul Brown
Good afternoon. We've been looking at some video that's been sent to BBC Persian which show a succession of flashes in the sky. It's said to be above the Iranian city of Isfahan, but verifying footage filmed at night can be difficult because there are few identifiable features.
It's just passed 13:00 (12:00 GMT) here in our London newsroom. However, two clips have emerged which we checked have not appeared before. When we ran them simultaneously, we could see the sequence of flashes matched perfectly, making us confident they were filmed at the same time from different, but nearby locations.
Here are the headlines so far today: In addition, our colleagues at BBC Persian have told us that accents heard at one point in one video sound similar to those from the Isfahan area.
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News
Tehran state media shared reports of explosions in the central province of Isfahan - home to a large Iranian airbase - but downplayed claims of an attack
BBC Persian shared footage showing orange flashes in the night sky above Isfahan and what appears to be bursts of anti-aircraft fire
Israel has not officially commented
Speaking at a G7 leaders' meeting in Capri, Italy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to be drawn on whether the US had prior knowledge of the attack and said the US was "not involved" in the strikes
Countries around the world - including the UK, China and Egypt - have urged calm
It follows weeks of soaring tensions between the regional rivals, which have already seen an attack on an Iranian compound in Syria - widely believed to have come from Israel - and an unprecedented assault on Israel by Iran
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