Tehran plunged into darkness by smoke from burning oil

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Tehran: Residents of Tehran woke up on Sunday morning to find it was still dark outside, an apocalyptic sight created by thick black smoke billowing from oil depots hit by Israeli strikes. “I thought my alarm clock was broken,” a driver in his fifties told AFP on condition of anonymity. By 10:30 am local time (0700 GMT), cars still needed their headlights to drive along Valiasr Street, a main thoroughfare that runs north-south through the city. Black smoke from the burning fuel depots mingled in the sky with heavy grey rain clouds, compounding the murky atmosphere. The smoke spread across the sprawling city, normally home to more than 10 million people. News Agency