In Photos: Week Five Of The Iran War
- By RFE/RL
Shuttered factories in India and a key US military aircraft destroyed in Saudi Arabia feature in RFE/RL's roundup of photos of the fifth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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A Palestinian Christian man at the locked doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on March 29.
Access to the church, which is widely viewed as the holiest site in Christianity, was blocked by Israeli authorities on Palm Sunday amid restrictions on large gatherings during the war with Iran. The holy site was later reopened to worshipers following widespread criticism of the closure.
Access to the church, which is widely viewed as the holiest site in Christianity, was blocked by Israeli authorities on Palm Sunday amid restrictions on large gatherings during the war with Iran. The holy site was later reopened to worshipers following widespread criticism of the closure.
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A destroyed American E-3 Sentry aircraft seen after an Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The image was released on March 29.
The advanced aircraft are valued at around $300 million each, with only a reported 16 of the aircraft currently in service with the US Air Force.
The advanced aircraft are valued at around $300 million each, with only a reported 16 of the aircraft currently in service with the US Air Force.
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A strike shatters a building near Beirut's airport on March 31 after the Israeli military warned it would hit a "Hezbollah facility" in Lebanon.
In parallel with the war with Iran, conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants has escalated sharply in recent weeks.
In parallel with the war with Iran, conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants has escalated sharply in recent weeks.
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Workers in a ceramics factory in Morbi, India. The factory has been closed since early March due to Indian oil and gas tankers being unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Hundreds of factories in Morbi alone have reportedly halted operations due to the squeeze on fuel needed to heat the kilns of India's ceramics industry.
Hundreds of factories in Morbi alone have reportedly halted operations due to the squeeze on fuel needed to heat the kilns of India's ceramics industry.
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Iranians sit at a bus stop in Tehran on March 31.
The station features a billboard depicting (left to right) Iran's ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini, who died in 1989, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, and Mojtaba Khamenei, the current ruler of the country.
The station features a billboard depicting (left to right) Iran's ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini, who died in 1989, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, and Mojtaba Khamenei, the current ruler of the country.
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A man holds a child's helmet in place on a road in Latrun, central Israel, on April 1 during an Iranian missile attack.
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A man carries a dog toward a shelter in Tel Aviv as sirens sound after Iran launched missiles at Israel on April 1.
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A projectile streaking through the skies above Ashkelon, Israel, on March 28.
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A woman walks past a destroyed building in Tehran on March 30.
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An orthodox Jewish man prays in a field in Latrun, Israel, as sirens warn of an incoming missile from Iran on April 1.
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An Israeli Air Force F-15 jet seen flying over central Israel on March 31.
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An anti-US banner seen on a street in Tehran on April 1.
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A drag queen performs inside an underground car park in Tel Aviv being used as a bomb shelter on March 31.
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A woman mourns in Jerusalem during the March 29 funeral of Israeli-American citizen Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz. The 22-year-old sergeant in the Israeli military was killed in combat in Lebanon.
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The B1 highway bridge, which links Tehran to Karaj in Iran's Alborz Province, was hit by two US air strikes on April 2, causing significant damage. Iranian media described the bridge as the highest in the Middle East.
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A beach on the Caspian Sea coast in Sorkhrud, in Iran's northern Mazandaran Province. Many families have relocated there due to the ongoing war.
