CENTCOM issues safety warning to Iranian civilians as regime uses ‘heavily populated’ areas for launches

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) connected Sunday issued a information informing to civilians successful Iran, accusing the authorities of launching subject operations from densely populated areas and putting civilian lives astatine risk.

CENTCOM said Iranian forces are utilizing "heavily populated" cities, including Dezful, Isfahan and Shiraz, to motorboat one-way onslaught drones and ballistic missiles. U.S. forces urged civilians successful Iran to stay astatine home, informing that locations utilized for subject purposes could suffer protected presumption nether planetary instrumentality and go morganatic targets.

"Iran’s violent authorities is blatantly disregarding civilian lives by attacking Gulf partners portion compromising the information of their ain people," Adm. Brad Cooper, commandant of CENTCOM, said successful a statement.

CENTCOM said U.S. forces instrumentality "every feasible precaution" to minimize civilian harm but cannot warrant information adjacent facilities utilized by the Iranian authorities for subject purposes.

Bright trails from incoming projectiles chopped crossed the nighttime entity supra Hebron arsenic antiaircraft systems effort interceptions.

Missiles fired from Iran toward Israel streak crossed the entity implicit the West Bank metropolis of Hebron arsenic immoderate are intercepted by Israeli aerial defence systems connected March 7, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CENTCOM's announcement said Tehran has launched hundreds of ballistic missiles and thousands of drones since the commencement of Operation Epic Fury connected Feb. 28, though motorboat rates person declined arsenic U.S. and spouse forces person targeted Iran’s subject capabilities.

Iran has targeted civilian airports and hotels crossed the Middle East arsenic portion of retaliatory attacks against respective Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain.

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Twisted metallic fragments from a downed projectile remainder connected the crushed successful a West Bank vicinity aft falling during a rocket exchange.

Debris of a rocket fired from Iran toward Israel lies successful the Beni Zeid country adjacent Ramallah successful the West Bank connected March 7, 2026. (Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The UAE’s Ministry of Defense connected Sunday released footage of its aerial defenses intercepting and destroying Iranian drones.

The ministry said 17 ballistic missiles were detected, with 16 destroyed and 1 falling into the sea.

Air defenses besides detected 117 drones, intercepting 113 of them portion 4 fell wrong the country’s territory.

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Thick columns of fume billow supra buildings successful Tehran aft explosions rocked the city.

Plumes of fume emergence pursuing reported explosions successful Tehran, Iran, connected March 2, 2026. (Sohrab/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Since the commencement of Iran’s attacks, the UAE says it has intercepted 221 ballistic missiles and 1,342 drones, on with 8 cruise missiles.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed connected X that Iran has not attacked "friendly and neighboring countries," saying its strikes person been aimed astatine U.S. subject bases and installations successful the region.