I’ve been working since the early hours with journalists across the BBC to get a sense of the scale of Israel’s strikes on Iran.
So far, we have verified footage showing the aftermath of strikes at two known Iranian military sites.
In footage filmed overnight in Piranshahr, where a ballistic missile site is believed to be located, we’ve seen a series a explosions at one location. Aftermath footage from the same spot shows fires continuing to burn.
We’ve also seen multiple videos showing plumes of smoke rising from an area close to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) base in Kermanshah province. This is also believed to be a missile storage site.
Meanwhile, Iranian state TV has aired a report from the Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan where thick black smoke can be seen rising from the site.
We are also looking into online footage said to be from the same location to get a sense of what parts of the facility have been targeted.
We spent much of yesterday trying to find out as much as possible about the Air India jet which crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad killing all but one of the 242 people on board.
Our team assessed CCTV footage of the flight as it left the runway, and using flight tracking data we were able to pinpoint the last recorded location of the plane, at an altitude of 625ft and travelling at 200mph (354km/h)
Other images from the aftermath show that some of the plane’s wreckage was located just 1 mile (1.5km) from the end of runway.
Working with colleagues on the ground in India, BBC Verify also spoke to aviation experts and pilots to find out what factors might have caused the fatal crash.
It’s worth pointing out that at this stage it’s almost impossible to definitively establish what caused the disaster based on videos of the brief flight.
Some experts have speculated that a double engine failure may have doomed the flight, while others have pointed to a bird strike or problems extending the aircraft's flaps during take-off.
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