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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T23:13:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "Donald Trump humiliates Keir Starmer over dithering Iran response: 'We’ve already won!'",
    "John Swinney accused of putting 'special relationship' with US in peril over use of Scottish airport",
    "Keir Starmer is being 'held hostage by left-wing backbenchers', Kemi Badenoch blasts",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nAfter massive columns of fire were seen above Tehran, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has confirmed it struck \"several fuel storage complexes\" in Tehran.\n\nIn a statement, the IDF said it was guided by intelligence to target oil depots which were in the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe IDF added that the Iranian regime used the oil depot to distribute fuel to military forces in the region.\n\nThe IDF added: \"strike significantly deepens the damage to the military infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe National Iranian Oil Company has said a number of oil depots in both Tehran and Alborz provinces were struck.\n\nLocal news agencies in Iran reported that a fuel depot in Karaj, west of Tehran, had been struck.\n\nIt said fuel in both provinces is being carried out \"sustainably from other sources\".\n\nThe national oil provider added that necessary measures had already been taken to minimise product reserves.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOne woman who lives in Tehran told the BBC there was \"a lot of smoke in the city\".\n\nA man in Karaj said he saw a \"red light and everywhere was alight\" after the strikes.\n\nHe learned after masking his way to the rooftop that the fire was caused by the oil depot.\n\nAnother Tehran citizen said the strikes were as if \"night had turned into day\".\n\n### LATEST ON IRAN:\n\n\n\n\n  * Donald Trump humiliates Keir Starmer over dithering Iran response: 'We’ve already won!'\n  * John Swinney accused of putting 'special relationship' with US in peril over use of Scottish airport\n  * Keir Starmer is being 'held hostage by left-wing backbenchers', Kemi Badenoch blasts\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn the video, claimed to be authentic by BBC Verify, columns of smoke are seen massing above the skies of Tehran.\n\nA small police presence is also seen to be diverting Iranians driving through the area.\n\nIn retaliation, the IRGC said it had targeted Israel's Haifa oil refinery, state media reported.\n\nAir raid sirens had earlier been heard in Haifa, but there are no reports of anything being hit in Israel.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe EU-proscribed terrorist group said it had targeted US forces at a base in Bahrain, local media added.\n\nAs the war has rolled on, global market and oil prices have hit multi-year highs.\n\nKuwait's national oil company began cutting its output on Saturday, adding to earlier oil cuts from Iraq and Qatar.\n\nAt least 1,332 Iranian civilians have died as a result of the US-Israeli strikes, according to Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani.\n\nSix US service members have died in the Iran war, with their identities released earlier this week.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Massive fire above skies of Tehran as Israel strikes Iran oil depot"
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