Tehran, June 15 -- Israeli airstrikes in Iran's East Azerbaijan province have killed 30 military personnel and one rescue worker, the province's Governor, Bahram Sarmast, has announced.
The attacks, which began in the early hours of Friday, have also wounded 55 people across 19 different locations, according to a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday.
Among the sites hit was Tabriz Airport, a key logistics and transport hub in the provincial capital. Video footage from the scene showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
Iranian media reported additional damage to the nearby Shahid Fakouri military airbase and parts of the adjacent railway network.
In the pre-dawn hours of Friday, Israel launched...