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Feb 28 • 14 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Israel has launched a daylight attack on Tehran, just now. Multiple explosions have been reported in Iran's capital. It isn't clear yet what was targeted, so starting a thread with geolocations.
This photo, showing thick smoke plumes, was taken from Hasan Abad Square (میدان حسن‌آباد), looking northwest. Reference photo attached (). @GeoConfirmed: 35.686144, 51.410156. google.com/maps/@35.68614…Image
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@GeoConfirmed This video, posted by a semi-official Iranian news agency, shows thick smoke rising near Pasteur St (خیابان پاستور), where key government institutions are located. Point-of-view is southwest. Geolocation in tweet below.
@GeoConfirmed Geolocation for @GeoConfirmed for video above: 35.701393, 51.405801. Reference image: ). google.com/maps/@35.70118…Image
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@GeoConfirmed The United States is also part of the attack, as my colleague @helenecooper just reported. nytimes.com/live/2026/02/2…Image
A first set of strikes was heard at 09:30 local time, and another two explosions were heard at 10:05, per IRIB. It's currently 10:31 in the morning in Tehran. t.me/iribnews/317066Image
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Other cities were explosions have been heard in Iran, per the semiofficial news agency, Fars:

Qom (قم)
Kermanshah (کرمانشاه)
Isfahan (اصفهان)
Karaj (کرج)

nytimes.com/live/2026/02/2…
Another geolocation. Coordinates are not correct (probably wrong ones on clipboard as link is correct), so here are the correct ones: 35.675045, 51.394442.
The United States has begun “major combat operations” in Iran, President Trump states in an 8-minute video he just posted to TruthSocial. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…Image
In his video, Trump says that the U.S. attack on Iran could result in the deaths of U.S. personnel and cause casualties, adding, “That often happens in war.”
New geolocation of video filmed near main strike site in Tehran. Looking SW from Jomhouri Ave /Kargar St. The smoke appears to be rising from the area where the Leadership House is located. POV coordinates for @Geoconfirmed: 35.696155, 51.391658.
@GeoConfirmed Based on the 4 geolocations above, lines of sight all converge toward area where Leadership House and Presidential Administration of Iran are located, along with several other government buildings. (Lines drawn quickly.) Image
@GeoConfirmed Missile attack on Israel now.
@GeoConfirmed Fifth geolocation showing the two smoke plumes rising from the Leadership House / government area.

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Feb 28
We obtained the first known satellite image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran. There are several destroyed buildings. While the current whereabouts of Iran's supreme leader are unknown, the compound is generally used as his official residence. 🛰️📸: @Airbus Image
*first publicly released satellite image

Either way, it goes to show that triangulating the lines of sight from four geolocated videos lead precisely to a main strike location in Tehran.
More updates on the @nytimes live blog: nytimes.com/live/2026/02/2…
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Jan 21
The aftermath of the Jan. 8 fire in the historic bazaar of Rasht, northern Iran, is visible in satellite imagery. The image is accessible via @Soar, a relatively new free platform aggregating satellite data from multiple sources, including @CopernicusEU.
The fire broke out amid nationwide anti-government protests, and Rasht's bazaar was a focal point of unrest, including clashes and strikes by merchants. Iranian authorities blame protesters for setting the fire, eyewitnesses dispute that. factnameh.com/fa/fact-checks…
Reports from activists and social posts suggest ~300 shops were destroyed or heavily damaged. Several 19th century sarays (covered market sections) burned completely. Coordinates: 37.279829, 49.589358. Link to the @Soar platform. And h/t @x4rius. soaratlas.com/satellites?pos…
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Jan 9
The U.S. in is in the process of seizing OLINA in the Caribbean near Trinidad, per @Reuters. It's flying a false flag of Timor Leste. It's loaded with oil cargo from Venezuela, per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. And last known location is 12.16769, -62.6113, per @oballinger. Image
The tanker was hit by U.S. sanctions last year in re: Russia’s war in Ukraine. At the time, it was named MINERVA M, but it can still be identified by its IMO number, 9282479, which appears in related references. OFAC: ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions… Reuters: reuters.com/business/energ… Image
A U.S. Coast Guard and Navy team has boarded and seized the vessel, per @EricSchmittNYT. nytimes.com/live/2026/01/0…Image
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Jan 8
NEW: The United States is pursuing several oil tankers across the Atlantic after a mass departure from Venezuelan waters this weekend. Most of the ships are carrying oil; one flies the Russian flag.

w/ @riley_mellen @EricSchmittNYT ht/ @oballinger nytimes.com/2026/01/08/wor…
The ships now crossing the Atlantic are part of a larger group of 16 sanctioned tankers we reported on a few days ago, which departed Venezuelan waters en masse in defiance of the U.S.’s partial naval blockade.
We wondered where those ships went. Thanks to @oballinger, who wrote a computer program to detect vessels in @CopernicusEU satellite images, we were able to identify the whereabouts of 8 vessels: 3 in the Atlantic heading east, and 5 in the Caribbean heading northeast. Image
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Jan 7
We just found out that, in addition to MARINERA and HYPERION, three other tankers recently in Venezuelan waters — and previously hit by U.S. sanctions for shipping Iranian/Russian oil —are now officially flying the Russian flag. More: nytimes.com/live/2026/01/0…Image
1 - VERONICA (9256860), now renamed to GALILEO, with homeport Taganrog. The vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Empty of oil cargo per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. This vessel is one of 16 mentioned here.
2 - DIANCHI (9281011), now renamed to EXPANDER, home port Sochi. Vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. in early 2025 for shipping Russian oil. Loaded with Venezuelan oil at the moment, per @Kpler and @TankerTrackers. 🛰️📸: @planet Image
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Jan 5
BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers hit by U.S. sanctions appear to be making a coordinated attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports by departing all at once. w/ @AKurmanaev nyti.ms/4sreZEs
Rubio said the blockade is one of the largest “quarantines” in modern history. But reporting by @AKurmanaev inside Venezuela, along with analysis from @TankerTrackers and myself, shows at least 16 tankers appear to be defying Trump’s “complete blockade.”
Four oil tankers left port without authorization from Venezuela’s interim government, according to internal communications from state oil company PDVSA and two industry sources. These departures could be an early act of defiance of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s control.
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