Passenger plane destroyed in attack on Iran’s airport, Britain will also send warship; Know big things

Iran airport attack

Reports: Tehran’s CIVILIAN Mehrabad airport has been hit & so has a passenger plane.

After (rightly) condemning Iran for attacking civilian infrastructure in the gulf, you go & do the EXACT same thing? Creating moral equivalence is stupid & undermines your own narrative pic.twitter.com/PzjnskJaqq

— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) March 3, 2026

There is an active nuclear power plant in Bushehr city.

There is no confirmation of loss of life at this time and it is also not clear whether the aircraft was in service at the time or not. Let us tell you, Bushehr of Iran is located on the banks of the Persian Gulf and is also home to Iran’s only active nuclear power plant. Israel and America are continuously attacking various targets in Iran. Iran is also continuously attacking many countries in the Middle East.

passenger plane destroyed

Iran says a passenger plane has been destroyed during strikes on Bushehr airport.

Pic ctsy: Press TV pic.twitter.com/uorXkPFzjV

— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) March 3, 2026

Israel-America carried out more than 1,700 attacks

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran’s launchers and their firing sites are now disappearing as they are being “completely destroyed”. Additionally, the US military said on Saturday that it had carried out more than 1,700 strikes against Iran since the strikes began in conjunction with Israel on February 28.

Britain will also send warships and helicopters

On the other hand, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the United Kingdom (UK) will send helicopters equipped with counter-drone technology to Cyprus and will also deploy the air defense destroyer naval warship HMS Dragon there. This decision was taken after the incident when a British military base in Cyprus was attacked by an Iranian drone on Sunday night. “The UK remains fully committed to the security of Cyprus and the British military personnel deployed there,” Starmer said.

Will continue to attack Iran with full force – Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will continue to attack Iran with full force and that Israeli pilots are present “in the skies over Iran and Tehran, as well as in the skies over Lebanon.” Israel’s military, meanwhile, said its air power carried out airstrikes across Iran on industrial sites used for the production of weapons, especially ballistic missiles.