Thick black smoke billowed into the sky, making day seem more like night.

Bank Sepah is a state-run institution, largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iran's military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The data center of Iran's state-run Bank Sepah was hit

As the toxic plume spread across Tehran, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide combined with moisture in the air, producing dangerous acid rain. Authorities warned residents to stay indoors as dense pollution and falling rain carried corrosive chemicals across the city.

A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed on an anti-riot police car as policemen stand on top of the car, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The sky darkened over parts of Tehran on Sunday after the bombing of oil depots by Israel. Thick clouds of smoke rose over the capital.

Public fury at Washington is notably scarce across the Gulf states, even as they absorb some of the heaviest shocks of a regional war they had urged the United States to avoid.

Black smoke from a burning oil depot engulfs the Tehran skyline. Credit: Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty. Thick, toxic smoke and black, acid rain have blanketed Iran’s capital,

Though some Iranians mourned the death of their supreme leader, others rejoiced. Their celebrations were furtive and short-lived to avoid riot police or other authorities.

President Donald Trump gave the Iranian men’s soccer team the green light to compete in the FIFA World Cup this summer, but Tehran is not keen on having a presence at the tournament as the United States continues striking the Islamic Republic.