A dark haze hung over Tehran on Sunday morning and a strong smell of burning lingered in the air after Israeli warplanesstruck five oil facilitiesin and around the Iranian capital overnight.
Thick black clouds and oil-tainted rain were reported across parts of the city after airstrikes hit refineries and fuel storage sites south and west of Tehran, according to reports.
Huge fireballs and dense plumes of smoke rose into the sky as the strikes ignited large blazes at several fuel depots. Residents woke to darkened skies as the smoke drifted across the capital, shrouding parts of the city in haze.
Update from Tehran: Thick black smoke still in the air over pretty much the entire city. We drove around town just now. The rain has stopped, but breathing the air feels quite toxic.@[email protected]/6jQ9MQjIzk— Frederik Pleitgen (@fpleitgenCNN)March 8, 2026
Four people were killed in the attacks, the chief executive of Iran’s national oil products distribution company told state television. The overnight bombardment targeted oil facilities and storage sites that are key to the capital’s fuel supply.
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Oil-Soaked “Black Rain" Reported
Along with the smoke, unusual rainfall was reported across parts of the city after the strikes. Thick clouds of pollutants from the burning oil facilities mixed with rain clouds, producing what witnesses described as dark, oily rain.
ACNNcorrespondent reporting from Tehran said the rainwater appeared black and saturated with oil, describing scenes where “the rainwater is actually black… also saturated, it appears, with oil."
Fuel Distribution ‘Temporarily’ Halted
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