Huge earthquake strikes Iran as Israel bombing raid rains down on Tehran

 A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck (yesterday).Central Iran as Israel continues its attack on Tehran.

The quake's epicentre was just outside the city of Semnan, around 210km east of the capital. At 35 meters of depth, the quake is regarded as shallow. It comes as Iran and Israel continue to exchange missile fire since last Friday's blitz on Tehran.On May 28, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the southern Iran region at a depth of 27 kilometers. 

However, the latest tremour comes just hours after the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned against attacks on nuclear facilities and called for maximum restraint.

Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the UN Security Council: "Armed attack on nuclear facilities... could result in radioactive releases with great consequences within and beyond the boundaries of the state which has been attacked."

Grossi spoke a day after an Israeli military official said it had been "a mistake" for a military spokesperson to have said Israel had struck Bushehr, Iran's only nuclear power plant.FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/iran-earthquake-huge-israel-bombing-raid-rains-down-tehran