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3 Apr 2026, 00:40

Based on messages and images received from citizens, around 2:30 AM, fighter jets launched flares in the sky over #Tehran.
Friday, April 14
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It's a kind of defensive reaction to mislead heat-seeking missiles that are fired at the fighter jets and seek the heat of the aircraft's engine.
In this video from Kelardasht, it's clearer: @VahidOnline

This received message is probably related to the same topic:
"At 2:22 minutes, something was spreading in clusters in the southern and central sky, there was no defense, and it was very high."

In Wikipedia language: Flare (Countermeasure)
A flare or decoy flare (in English: Flare) is an aerial infrared countermeasure that is used to prevent infrared homing or heat-seeking missiles from targeting aircraft.
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