According to a report by Times of Israel, on Wednesday March 11, 2026, the Israeli Air Force carried out a sweeping wave of strikes against multiple high-value Iranian military and security headquarters in Tehran and Tabriz on Tuesday, targeting facilities that were actively occupied by Iranian soldiers and security personnel at the time of the attacks, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
The IDF identified five distinct targets hit during the operation: a headquarters belonging to Iran’s special forces, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound, a command center tied to the unit responsible for directing ballistic missile launches, a headquarters of Iran’s Security Police agency, and a Basij compound. Read More
Military officials emphasized that personnel were present and operationally active inside each of the struck facilities when the strikes were carried out.
“The headquarters and compounds were struck while soldiers of the Iranian terror regime were operating inside them to advance terror activities against the State of Israel and other countries in the Middle East,” the IDF said in a statement following the operation.
The Israeli military further framed the strikes as part of a deliberate escalation, describing them as a new stage of the ongoing conflict designed to inflict deeper damage on what Israel characterizes as the core infrastructure of the Iranian regime’s military apparatus. Officials stated the campaign is specifically aimed at dismantling the foundational networks that support Iran’s capacity to project force across the broader Middle East region.
The strikes targeted facilities in two of Iran’s major cities simultaneously, suggesting a coordinated and wide-reaching operational planning effort. The inclusion of Tabriz, located in northwestern Iran, alongside the capital Tehran, signals that Israeli military reach is not confined to Iran’s political center.
No immediate casualty figures were released by either side following the strikes. Iranian authorities had not issued an official response at the time of publication. The operation marks one of the most direct and expansive Israeli strikes against Iranian military infrastructure recorded in the current conflict, raising significant questions about the trajectory of hostilities between the two nations in the days ahead. Read More