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Israeli Military Says It Struck Space Force Headquarters of Iran’s IRGC
The Israeli military targeted 50 ammunition bunkers, Basij and internal security bases, aiming to disrupt Iran’s space and intelligence control linked to the Khayyam satellite.
- On March 8, the Israel Defence Forces said it struck and dismantled the IRGC Space Force headquarters in Tehran, hitting dozens of regime sites across the city.
- Following earlier US–Israel operations in Tehran, the IDF said it struck IRGC Space Force sites amid escalated tensions after the February 28 joint strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Targeting teams struck facilities that housed the Khayyam command systems, hitting the IRGC Space Force site along with around 50 ammunition bunkers, a Basij militia base, an internal security command centre, and a compound linked to IRGC Ground Forces.
- Officials reported several senior Iranian leaders were killed and CENTCOM urged civilians to stay home as Iranian forces launch weapons from populated areas.
- Regional actors warn the campaign risks spreading to Lebanon and Hezbollah, continuing strikes and reprisals across regional U.S. bases and Israeli assets.
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The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has intensified on its ninth day with a new wave of Israeli bombings against Iranian energy and military infrastructures. Israel's aviation first attacked fuel tanks in Tehran, causing a toxic cloud over the capital, and launched "large-scale" bombings against the Air Force headquarters and the Revolutionary Guard Space Force.
On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces attacked Iran's Aerospace Headquarters, a key site used to launch satellites of space-faring nuclear weapons programmes, capable of reaching the United States. This barracks had been used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for its aerospace projects, including the launch in 2022 of the Khayyam satellite, which was successfully sent into space by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome…
Israel strikes IRGC space headquarters in Tehran
The IDF said the strikes also hit about 50 ammunition bunkers located in an internal security base, as well as a Basij base, an internal security command center, and a compound belonging to the IRGC’s ground forces. By Pesach Benson, TPS Israel said Sunday that its air force carried out a new wave of strikes in Tehran, targeting facilities linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other security forces. According to the Israel Defen…
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