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WATCH: Large blast in Iran after reported US bunker-buster strike

U.S. President Donald Trump shared footage of the explosion to Truth Social.

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An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lands during “Operation Epic Fury” at a base in the Middle East, March 23, 2026. Credit: U.S. Air Force.

US President Donald Trump on Monday shared video footage of a large explosion in Iran to his Truth Social account.

Initial reports suggested that the U.S. military and the Israel Defense Forces carried out joint strikes on regime infrastructure in the central city of Isfahan overnight.

American fighter jets hit a large weapons depot in the area with 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs, an official told The Wall Street Journal, adding that the video posted by Trump captured the strike.

Washington launched “Operation Epic Fury” against the Iranian regime in coordination with Jerusalem’s “Operation Roaring Lion” on Feb. 28, conducting continuous airstrikes targeting senior leadership, the regime’s missile and military capabilities, its nuclear program and its internal repression apparatus.

IRGC Corps Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani praised the “intelligent and courageous” attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and the Houthis.
Around 400 munitions were dropped in a “large wave of strikes” across the country.
Rescue teams pulled a mother and her two children from a partially collapsed residential building after a fragment fell on the roof.
Surviving leaders are reportedly struggling to communicate or meet in person out of fear of more targeted airstrikes.
The assassination of Ali Larijani has shaken the regime’s centers of power and faced Mojtaba Khamenei with a critical test.
The precision strike in Beirut eliminated Hamza Ibrahim Rakhin, the deputy commander of Unit 1800, along with his operations chief and a third operative.