An engineer crouches under a park bench as fighter jets roar overhead. An athlete wracked by anxiety can’t sleep as explosions go off. Two weeks of fierce U.S.

ANKARA, March 13 (Reuters) - NATO air defences in the eastern Mediterranean have shot down a third ballistic missile that was fired from Iran towards Turkey, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Friday,

Meanwhile, Israel launches a new wave of strikes at Tehran, with footage showing an explosion near a pro-establishment rally in the city.

Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback.

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.

Questions remain about what a U.S.-Israeli victory would entail, observers said.

Pro-regime Iranians took to the streets in Tehran as the U.S. signaled escalated strikes in the region on Friday. CBS News' Courtney Kealy has more insight.

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.

Black marks visible on clips in a Tehran rooftop scene reflect the environmental impact of war, including air pollution and contaminated rain. AP photographer Vahid Salemi explains how he documented the image.

The strikes appear to be the most significant attack on Iran's civilian infrastructure of the war to date.

JERUSALEM, March 12 (Reuters) - The Israeli military struck checkpoints in Tehran operated by the Basij, it said on Thursday, as part of an effort to weaken the rule of Iran's clerical leaders. The Basij militia is a part-time paramilitary force under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that is often used to quell protests inside Iran.