A video circulating online appears to show massive explosions rocking an air base in Dezful in Iran’s Khuzestan province, one of the country’s key military installations, as the conflict involving Israel, Iran and the U.S. continues to escalate.
The strike, believed to have hit Vahdati Air Base in Dezful, reportedly triggered a series of secondary explosions after an ammunition depot was struck. Civilian-captured footage showed shockwaves rippling across the site, followed by a large fireball after the initial blast.
Multiple explosions hit the Dezful airbase in southwestern Iran on Saturday morning, a video shared by Vahid Online shows. pic.twitter.com/TKVKTgam9x
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 21, 2026
The developments come as the war enters its fourth week, with more than 1,400 people reported killed in Iran since the fighting began.
In a post on X, the Israeli military said it conducted “wide-scale” operations on Saturday, striking “dozens” of targets across Iran.
Among them, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, was a central compound belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) used for producing ballistic missile components, along with three additional missile production facilities.
✈️🎯IAF STRIKES IN TEHRAN CONTINUE
A wide-scale wave of strikes on security bodies targeted:
• A military base used for training soldiers and storing missile systems intended to target aircrafts
• A weapons production and storage facility of the Ministry of Defense
• A… pic.twitter.com/kBeQmTLhx9— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 22, 2026
Meanwhile, Iran claimed on Saturday that Israel and the U.S. struck its Natanz uranium enrichment facility.
The IDF told The Times of Israel that it did not conduct any strikes in the area and that it could not comment on American activities.
In retaliation, Iran fired two ballistic missiles toward the joint U.S.-U.K. base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Meanwhile, Iran’s armed forces said they had launched their 70th wave of attacks, involving missiles and drones targeting Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf.
