While Israel’s initial attacks on Iran on June 13 targeted military and nuclear facilities and personnel, subsequent strikes have hit a broader range of targets, with an increasing number of civilians killed. This was evident on June 15 when two air strikes hit Tehran’s Tajrish neighbourhood. 

One struck a building, while the other hit one of northern Tehran's busiest intersections, rupturing a main water pipe. The strikes resulted in the deaths of 17 people, according to Iranian authorities.

At 3:30pm local time on Sunday, two explosions rocked Tajrish, a residential area in northern Tehran. One Israeli air strike had hit a six-storey building, and another a busy intersection 150 metres further west, the site of the bustling Tajrish Bazaar and a metro station. Tajrish Hospital is a further 50 metres west.

The strike on the building destroyed the top three floors. Signs on the building indicate that it was occupied by a bank and a local mosque organisation. 

The other strike hit the middle of the Tajrish intersection, rupturing a main water pipe and flooding the area for hours. The Israeli military claimed to have targeted facilities of the elite Quds Force at 10 different locations in Tehran.

The Quds Force is the elite branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, responsible for operations abroad. While it is possible the Quds Force had offices in the six-storey building, the target of the strike in the middle of the intersection remains unclear.  

Iranian authorities say that the two air strikes killed 17 people, including a three-year-old child, a 16-year-old boy, and a pregnant woman. Another 46 people were reportedly wounded.