Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Reports from around the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran

Garmdareh area - 12:05 am local time

-Sounds of four loud sounds, similar to anti-aircraft artillery fire or explosions
-Some reports indicate power is out in the cities of Shahriar and Qods

Important #UPDATE on explosions reported west of Tehran, #Iran

Correction: Reports indicate the blasts occurred at around 12:55 am local time.

https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1281485792146161664

#UPDATE
#Iran's regime is desperate to cover-up last night's explosion in W Tehran.

July 10—"Voice of Iran" website cites Garmdareh mayor Houman Ghodoosi saying the explosion was at a "gas cylinder workshop."

9 Sep 2019—IRNA news agency reported Houman Ghodoosi "passed away."

"Nothing to see here..."

Reporter of Fars news agency (linked to #Iran's IRGC) asks about "reports of explosions" from a man in Qods (near Garmdareh).

Man says its 4 am & he hasn't heard anything all night.

Me: How convenient! And getting ready for work at 4 am?!!

#FakeNews

Same 4 am reporter, now in Shahriar (near Garmdareh) asks, "Have you heard explosions?"

Young man: "No... we're usually here at 8 pm (!)"

Me: Wait!
Explosions were around 12:55 am
Young man says 8 pm🤨
And roasting corn after midnight?🤔🤣

#FakeNews

Interesting find by @IntelliTimes

From west of Tehran, Iran, where explosions & power outages were reported.

RED—IRGC Air Force HQ & Air Defense Systems
YELLOW—Karaj Missile Development
BLUE—Electrical substation providing for all sites

Explosion reportedly near substation

A few questions for @IranIntlbrk & @dw_persian

Couldn't you do a simple Google before referring to a non-credible website that cites a dead mayor claiming the explosions were in a gas cylinder workshop?

Don't you see #Iran's #FakeNews/propaganda tactics?
Or are you in on it?

Garmdareh, W of Tehran

#Iran opposition:
-IRGC missile/chemical sites W of Tehran
-12:55 am local time: explosions at IRGC's Modares training base in Garmdareh
-15 min power outage at ~2 am
-Fajr & Qadir missiles sites of IRGC Aerospace
-All roads closed, communications cut-off

This gets even more interesting:

#Iran apologist @farnazfassihi also quickly pushed #Iran's talking point of an “explosion at a factory making gas cylinders” citing the dead mayor.

Why?
To again push another talking point: the Natanz explosion was sabotage, not an airstrike.

For those interested, read my take explaining why I believe the Natanz explosion on July 2 was the result of a sophisticated airstrike.
medium.com/@heshmatalavi2…

What the world is witnessing right now is someone hitting #Iran's nuclear and conventional weapons and IRGC facilities practically at will.

My take:
Obama's appeasement is out.
Trump's maximum pressure is in.
jpost.com/middle-east/to…

Reuters reports:
Explosion reported in west Tehran, denied by official
reuters.com/article/us-ira…

Video:
July 10—Tehran-Karja Highway
Near Garmdareh, west of Tehran, #Iran
Voice says it is not exactly clear what caused this smoke cloud.

July 10—Tehran-Karja Highway
Near Garmdareh, west of Tehran, #Iran
Another angle of the massive smoke cloud reported earlier.

#UPDATE
Two intelligence officials, updated with the damage assessment for the Natanz site recently compiled by the US & Israel, said it could take the Iranians up to two years to return their nuclear program to the place it was just before the explosion.
nytimes.com/2020/07/10/wor…

Location of smoke cloud in earlier video of this thread found on Tehran-Karaj Freeway

-Left sign indicates the "Eyvan" shopping center
مجموعه هایپر کالای خانه ایوان

-Large billboard above the freeway seen further ahead