An Israeli airstrike hit the headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the main propaganda apparatus of the Iranian regime, located in Tehran's luxurious District 3, on Monday afternoon, immediately interrupting a live broadcast.
The building was struck just as journalist Sahar Emami, state channel news anchor and operator for the Iranian regime, was on air openly calling for the destruction of the State of Israel.
In the broadcast footage, Emami can be seen suddenly stopping her intervention, moving away from the camera moments before the signal is abruptly cut, while fragments of debris fall in front of the lens that was still recording.
Sahar Emami, born in 1987 and a journalism graduate from the University of Tehran, has been part of the IRIB team for over ten years. Known for her strong fanaticism for the most conservative currents of the Islamic regime, she has been a constant presence in nightly news programs and analysis segments with a strong ideological charge against the West.
El momento del impacto.
On numerous occasions, she has expressed firm stances against Israel, the United States, and Gulf countries. Her editorials often defend Islamic terrorism, exalt the leadership of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and support the legitimacy of Iran's nuclear program.
Various reformist sectors have questioned her in the past for her incendiary speeches and for contributing to the dissemination of false or biased information in the context of internal protests.
According to sources close to the broadcaster, Sahar Emami was unharmed and was evacuated along with other workers a few minutes after the bombing.
Despite the impact, IRIB managed to restore its live signal. During a speech broadcast later, Hassan Abedini, a senior official of the state broadcasting system, declared: “The regime was unaware of the fact that the voice of the Islamic revolution and of great Iran will not be silenced by a military operation”.
Aviones de combate israelíes.
Israel's message
The attack occurred shortly after Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, issued a public warning stating that Iran's official radio and television were “about to disappear”. Although no details were provided about the type of weaponry used, Iranian media claim it was a precision airstrike.
Hours before the strike, the spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, Colonel Avichay Adraee, had issued a message on social media warning that operations would be carried out in Tehran's third district, the area where IRIB's headquarters is located. In his statement, he urged the local population to evacuate the area: “For your safety, we ask you to leave this area of the third district”.
