Israel planning major attack? ‘URGENT’ warning in Farsi tells Iranians to avoid trains
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Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on April 1, 2026. Photograph: (AFP)
Israel Defence Forces warns Iranians to avoid trains amid strike risks, as US President Donald Trump threatens escalation and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vows continued attacks.
Israeli Defence Forces on Tuesday (Apr 7) issued an “urgent warning” to Iranians to avoid travelling by train and stay away from railway tracks across the country until at least 9 pm. In a statement issued in Farsi, the IDF warned of “safety” risks, suggesting a possible target for its airstrikes. This comes after US President Donald Trump threatened Tehran with “complete demolition” of the country’s civilian infrastructure once the deadline to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is over.
In a statement, IDF’s Persian-language spokesman, Lt. Col. (res.) Kamal Penhasi said, “Dear citizens, for your safety, we request that from this moment until 21:00 Iran time, you refrain from using and travelling by train across Iran.”
He added, “Your presence on trains and near railway lines puts your lives at risk.”
A day earlier, Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli military has been instructed to “continue striking with full force the national infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime.”
Meanwhile, the IDF confirmed bombing another petrochemical facility in Iran a day earlier, Times of Israel reported. It said that it was “one of the few remaining facilities” used to manufacture materials for ballistic missiles.
Iranian media on Monday (Apr 6) reported that airstrikes hit the Marvdasht Petrochemical Complex, near Shiraz, hours after the Israeli Air Force bombed Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh.
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In a statement, the IDF said that the facility near Shiraz “was used by Iran’s armed forces to produce nitric acid, a substance necessary for manufacturing explosives and additional materials used in ballistic missile development processes.”
The Israeli Air Force also struck an Iranian ballistic missile forces facility in northwestern Iran.
“The site was struck while soldiers and commanders of the missile array were operating within it to advance and carry out terror activities against the State of Israel and other countries,” the IDF said.
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