Stunning visuals from Tehran showed flaming oil running through drains after the Israeli forces struck multiple energy facilities around the Iranian capital overnight, targeting 25 large oil storage tanks at the country’s largest refinery.

According to Iranian media, three depots in Kouhak and Shahran in Tehran, as well as Karaj, were struck by Israeli fighter jets. The strikes on the Shahran oil depot sent flaming oil down storm drains along the streets in Tehran, several videos on social media showed.

Last night, flaming oil flowed down storm drains along the streets of Tehranpic.twitter.com/lGUx2z0dSt— Conflict Radar (@Conflict_Radar)March 8, 2026

Footage of the moment leaking petroleum products from the bombed Shahran oil depot exploded in the storm drains along Tehran’s Shahran Boulevard.pic.twitter.com/RwXIbvxJsg— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)March 8, 2026

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday announced it had hit several Iranian fuel depots in Tehran, acting on intelligence guidance. “Through them, the Iranian terror regime distributes fuel to various consumers, including military entities in Iran," the IDF said in a statement.

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Tehran was covered in thick black clouds andtoxic rainon Sunday morning after the US-Israeli airstrikes on refineries and oil storage sites. The Iranian Red Crescent warned residents of “dangerous" and “highly acidic" rain, and authorities advised citizens to remain indoors and avoid air conditioners.

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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.

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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