Tehran and Karaj blackouts confirmed — shrapnel hits Alborz province electricity grid after IDF strikes

Iran's state-linked Fars News Agency reported that parts of Tehran are experiencing electricity blackouts following airstrikes in and around the capital. 'Following attacks on Tehran, some areas of Tehran are currently experiencing power outages,' Fars reported. There was no immediate comment from the IDF or US military on the latest strikes causing the outages. Tehran's electricity infrastructure includes major substations and transmission lines concentrated in and around the city as well as power plants supplying the capital. Blackouts affecting civilian areas of Tehran represent a significant escalation threshold: for the first time in the conflict, Iranian civilians in the capital are experiencing direct war impacts through loss of electricity rather than just air raid sirens and interception events. The blackouts also have strategic implications for Tehran's remaining command and control infrastructure, which depends on the civilian power grid in many installations. This follows the IDF's Day 30 disclosure of striking 140+ Iranian ballistic missile sites, and comes as IDF Spokesman Defrin said 'within a few days' all critical Iranian military production assets would be targeted — suggesting the current wave includes power/grid infrastructure as part of the end-game suppression campaign.