"This was the most terrifying explosion of the past few days. The light kept shining for two minutes," an eyewitness told Iran International.

The US Embassy in Jerusalem announced it would close from Wednesday through Friday citing “security concerns” but giving no further details.

The Israeli military on Tuesday issued evacuation warnings to Tehran residents in District 18, an area of approximately 38 square kilometers housing over 400,000 people which also encompasses industrial complexes and lies astride the Mehrabad airport.

The battle begins in the revered name of Haider. Ali returns to Khaybar with his Zulfiqar," the official X account of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei wrote on Tuesday.

"God is great," it added, including an illustration of a fortified town being attacked.

Khaybar was a fortified Jewish stronghold in Arabia that Ali ibn Abi Taleb, the first Shia Imam, is said to have conquered during a key battle in early Islamic history.

Khamenei often couches political decisions in terms of incidents in the sacred past of Shia Islam, the state creed of the theocracy he leads.