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TEHRAN, March 6 — Heavy attacks were reported in Tehran on Friday after Israel said it was hitting “regime infrastructure” in a “new phase” of the war it launched with the United States against Iran.<\/p>\n

As the conflict entered its seventh day, its regional repercussions continued – with Qatar saying it intercepted a drone targeting a US base, and Lebanon reporting the death toll from Israeli strikes had risen to 123.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he would “have to be involved” in the appointment of Iran’s next leader after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when the conflict began on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Trump rejected the possibility that Khamenei’s son Mojtaba could succeed his slain father, dismissing him as a “lightweight”.<\/p>\n

Early Friday, Iranian media reported heavy strikes in the capital, Tehran, shortly after Israel announced it was striking “regime infrastructure” in the city.<\/p>\n

Israel’s military chief had earlier warned the US-Israeli campaign was moving to “the next phase” and would “further dismantle the regime and its military capabilities”.<\/p>\n

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“We have additional surprises ahead which I do not intend to disclose,” Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said in a televised statement.<\/p>\n

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth also announced “firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically”.<\/p>\n

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had fired missiles towards Tel Aviv after an earlier wave of explosions that caused a blaze at a residential building in the central Israeli city.<\/p>\n

AFP journalists heard two near-simultaneous waves of explosions in Tel Aviv late Thursday, while rocket trails also lit up the sky in Netanya, further north.<\/p>\n

‘Why this war?’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

The conflict has drawn in Israel’s neighbour Lebanon after Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched missiles in retaliation for the war.<\/p>\n

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Israel has carried out waves of air strikes in Lebanon, killing 123 people, the Lebanese health ministry said.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes after warnings from Israel that they were at risk, with a mass exodus from Beirut’s southern suburbs leaving the area “almost empty”, the official National News Agency said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of displaced families were left to seek shelter on a Beirut beach, where they waited despondently.<\/p>\n

A 61-year-old man who gave his name only as Yousef said he was sleeping on the beach for the second time, after evacuating during a 2024 war between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

It’s “luck” that decides if you survive, he told AFP.<\/p>\n

“Only God, who created you, can take you.”<\/p>\n

He said he had sent his family to Syria for safety and was debating returning to his home despite the risks.<\/p>\n

“Why this war?” he implored.<\/p>\n

In Iran, an internet blackout has limited information on how the country’s population is weathering the assault.<\/p>\n

Internet connectivity is running at around one per cent of usual levels, according to monitor group Netblocks, while authorities have warned people against using VPNs.<\/p>\n

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People sit inside a school transformed into a shelter for displaced people in the town of Dekwaneh north of Beirut, Lebanon on March 5, 2026 after US-Israeli bombardment across the Middle East region. — AFP pic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In Tehran, there were a few signs of normal life on Thursday: children playing with a balloon, a father accompanying his daughter as she rode a small four-wheel bike.<\/p>\n

But, plainclothes security officials were also out in force.<\/p>\n

An engineer living in Tehran said security forces “roam the streets on their own, creating fear and intimidation, checking people’s phones, going through them, and harassing people”.<\/p>\n

And Ugandan student Oscar Nyegyema, arriving home at Entebbe after being evacuated from Tehran, described sheer terror as strikes shook the city.<\/p>\n

“We could hear the ground trembling; we could hear the ground shake. We were all scared, we were all feeling devastated; we really did not know whether we could make it out,” he said.<\/p>\n

‘Harmony and peace’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran has retaliated against Israel and targets in neighbouring Gulf countries, including Qatar, which said its air defences thwarted a drone attack targeting the US airbase at Al-Udeid.<\/p>\n

Bahrain said early Friday that Iran had targeted a hotel and two residential buildings in the capital, but that there was “no loss of life”, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted three ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

Thirteen people, seven of them civilians, have been killed in Gulf countries since the war began, including an 11-year-old girl in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

The conflict has expanded as far afield as the Sri Lankan coast, where a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate, and Azerbaijan, which threatened retaliation after a drone hit an airport.<\/p>\n

An Iranian state-run foundation said the death toll from US and Israeli strikes on the country had risen to 1,230, a number AFP could not independently verify.<\/p>\n

The US military has reported the deaths of six of its personnel since the war began Saturday, while at least 11 people have been killed in Israel.<\/p>\n

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi struck a defiant tone Thursday, saying Tehran had not sought a ceasefire and did not “see any reason why we should negotiate with the US”.<\/p>\n

And there was no sign from Washington that an end was in sight, as Hegseth told reporters there was “no shortage” of US munitions.<\/p>\n

“We have only just begun to fight, and fight decisively,” he said.<\/p>\n

But Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command responsible for US forces in the Middle East, told a news conference in Tampa, Florida, that strikes from Iran were diminishing.<\/p>\n

“Ballistic missile attacks have decreased by 90 per cent since day one. Drone attacks have decreased by 83 per cent since day one,” said Cooper.<\/p>\n

Washington has offered shifting goals for the conflict, including denying Iran nuclear weapons and offering its people the opportunity to “rise up”.<\/p>\n

Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump said Thursday he wanted a say in Iran’s next leader, drawing a comparison with Venezuela, where interim president Delcy Rodriguez has cooperated with him under threat of violence after Washington ousted her boss, Nicolas Maduro, in a military raid.<\/p>\n

“Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me,” Trump told Axios.<\/p>\n

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” he said, threatening more war if a better alternative was not found.<\/p>\n

The conflict has disrupted markets, energy supplies and global travel, with most Asian stocks down Friday despite a reprieve from a recent surge in oil prices.<\/p>\n

Iran says it has control over the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint through which much of the world’s energy flows, though Washington has said it could accompany ships if needed. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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