Iranian journalist Younes Shadlou has described the chaos outside Iran’s state television building in Tehran after it was hit during an Israeli strike, telling Al Jazeera that many of his colleagues may still be trapped inside.

“I don’t know how many of my colleagues are still inside right now,” Shadlou said, reporting from the scene as smoke poured from the damaged building.

He added that staff had received evacuation warnings in advance, but many refused to leave. “Everyone stayed until the very last moment to show the true face of the Zionist regime to the world,” he said.