On the night of July 20–21, 2026, a plume of smoke was observed above Mount Drak in Shiraz, Iran. The smoke was first reported by Iranian social media user @Vahid, who shared an image and wrote:

Received image: Smoke from explosion on Mount Drak #Shiraz, Tuesday, 30 Tir around 00:40 AM #Iran

OSINT analyst @zarGEOINT noted that the strikes appear to have potentially targeted communications infrastructure, providing coordinates for a nearby power line (29.67629, 52.44454) and a potential target (29.6668, 52.41932). The incident was reported around 00:40 AM local time on July 21 (21:10 UTC on July 20).