Israel bombs Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, planes ablaze on tarmac

Israeli forces launched what they called a "broad-scale" wave of strikes on Tehran, with explosions and large fires reported at Mehrabad International Airport.

“ANI 07 Mar 2026, 10:02 GMT+10 Tehran [Iran], March 7 (ANI): Airstrikes hit the Iranian capital in the early hours of Saturday, as reported by state media, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing regional conflict”

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Eyewitness footage showed burning planes on the airport tarmac.

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pnews.in describes the episode as part of an intensifying conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States.

Republic World framed the events alongside a consequential political shock and reported that an event resulted in the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

This report conflicts with pnews.in and malaysiasun, which do not make the claim about Khamenei's death.

malaysiasun highlighted a sharp rise in regional aerial attacks and defensive responses in nearby Gulf states.

Taken together, the sources link the Tehran strikes to a wider exchange of regional attacks and political developments, though they disagree on key facts.

pnews.in reports explosions and large fires at Mehrabad and additional blasts in western Tehran.

Anonymous witnesses told pnews.in that explosions occurred around Kermanshah, which the reports say is a region with several missile bases.

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malaysiasun documents substantial defensive engagements across the Gulf, saying the UAE intercepted more than 125 drones and six ballistic missiles while Saudi defenses shot down missiles and drones in separate incidents.

Both outlets underscore that the strikes on Tehran occurred amid broader, multi-front aerial exchanges.

Reports on casualties and immediate human impact were mixed in scope.

“Updated 7 March 2026 at 09:12 IST Iran's Mehrabad Airport Hit By Fresh Wave Of Israeli Strikes Israeli forces reportedly launched an extensive wave of strikes across Tehran, hitting Mehrabad International Airport on Saturday”

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pnews.in states that emergency services reported no casualties in Tehran and that the military said people could leave shelters.

pnews.in also notes Israeli detection of further Iranian missile fire and explosions heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, Republic World focuses on the political consequence of the earlier strike that it says killed Iran's supreme leader.

malaysiasun records Gulf governments' political stances and preparedness, for example Saudi Arabia saying it reserves the "full right" to respond.

These differences reflect a separation between locally reported casualty claims and wider strategic or leadership-level losses reported elsewhere.

Gulf states framed the strikes as Iranian aggression, Malaysiasun reports.

Malaysiasun documents a March 1 GCC ministerial meeting that affirmed their collective right to defend their territories.

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pnews.in situates the event within a sequence of US‑Israel and Iranian actions and cites a US official saying the "biggest bombing campaign" of the war may still be ahead.

Republic World places these developments against the backdrop of a dramatic leadership change in Tehran, noting the death of Iran's supreme leader and the resulting geopolitical implications.

pnews.in relies on eyewitness footage and anonymous witnesses for descriptions of burning aircraft and blasts.

“Israeli strikes hit Tehran on Saturday as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensified, with explosions reported at the capital’s Mehrabad International Airport and other parts of the city”

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malaysiasun emphasizes intercepted weapons and state statements about rights to respond.

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Republic World foregrounds the political consequence of a leader's death.

Together, these accounts document a severe, region-wide escalation that includes strikes on Tehran's Mehrabad Airport and visible damage to aircraft.

They also report robust air-defence activity across Gulf states and show competing emphases between immediate operational reporting and broader geopolitical interpretation.