Iran state TV resumes live broadcast after Israeli attack

TEHRAN: Iran state TV resumed live coverage after Israel’s attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building on Monday.

“The Zionist regime the enemy of the Iranian nation minutes ago conducted a military operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran news network”, part of IRIB, said a senior official at the broadcasting service Hassan Abedini.

“The regime (Israel) was unaware of the fact that the voice of the Islamic revolution and the great Iran will not be silenced with a military operation.”

Hours before attacking the IRIB building, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz had said that Iran’s state television and radio were “about to disappear”.

Also, Israel’s military had urged residents of the northern district of Tehran to evacuate “immediately”, saying it intended to carry out air strikes there.

“The Iranian propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear,” Israeli Defence Minister said in a statement. “Evacuation of nearby residents has begun.”

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“In the coming hours, the (Israeli military) will operate in the area, as it has in recent days throughout Tehran, to strike military infrastructure of the Iranian regime,” the military said in a post on X in Persian.

The area marked for evacuation is an upmarket part of the Iranian capital home to at least four hospitals and medical centres, a major police building and state broadcaster IRIB.