ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The targeting of Iranian military headquarters, commanders, and missile bases across various parts of the country by the United States and Israel is ongoing.
On Monday, dozens of locations were struck by aircraft, missiles, and drones, with the heaviest attacks reported in Tehran.
According to confirmed information, Iran’s national police command headquarters in Tehran was targeted, along with dozens of sites in the Marzdaran area, Lavizan neighborhood in northeast Tehran, Ferdowsi Square, 11th of Narmak Square, Motahari and Shariati streets, Turkmenistan Street, Semnan Street, Vali Asr township, and several western districts of the capital, particularly around Ashrafi Esfahani Street, Shahr Ziba and Shahran neighborhoods on the slopes of the Alborz mountain range. Sepah Square in northern Tehran, Zarabkhaneh district in the northeast, and Araj neighborhood in the north were also struck.
In Narmak, an IRGC building was bombed.
Iranian state media said some of the targeted locations were residential areas and that many civilians were among the casualties.
Several buildings on Sepahbod Qarani Street in central Tehran were also hit. State media confirmed that Iran’s Diplomatic Police Command headquarters on that street was targeted. That unit is responsible for securing foreign missions and protecting embassies and foreign diplomats in Iran. The Aerospace Industries Organization, affiliated with Iran’s Defense Ministry, and offices of several companies working with the ministry are also located on the same street.
Tehran’s central emergency response headquarters was also struck. A spokesperson for the agency said the head of the center and several staff members were wounded in the attack.
In the outskirts of Tehran, a military base near the village of Bidganeh in Malard county, as well as warehouses and the industrial town of Fashafuyeh in Rey county, were bombed. The provincial building of Rey was also targeted. Iran’s official news agency reported that the main Fashafuyeh power station was hit, causing electricity outages in parts of Tehran.
Iranian media also reported loud explosions near the Isfahan nuclear facility. The Iranian Army’s 8th Air Force base, located near the nuclear site, was reportedly bombed. One of Iran’s largest missile systems and an air defense base are stationed there.
On Monday morning, multiple powerful explosions were heard in and around Tabriz. Reports said the Amad missile base near Sufian in East Azerbaijan province was bombed.
Explosions were also reported south of Karaj in Alborz province. Military bases in Garmdareh, Malard, and Fardis were again targeted.
Several sites in and around Hamedan were struck, including the Abuzar garrison affiliated with the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces. Reports also said the home of the IRGC commander in Hamedan province was bombed. In Nahavand, a military base was also targeted.
On Monday, the IRGC base in Bandar Mahshahr, Khuzestan province — known as the Third Naval Region base — was bombed multiple times. Iranian media reported that early Monday drones targeted areas near Abuzar Hospital in central Ahvaz.
Elsewhere in Khuzestan, the 115th Beit ol-Moqaddas Battalion, Habibollah garrison, IRGC ammunition depots, and missile bases in Malashieh and Imam Hassan in Ahvaz, Khorramshahr, and Andimeshk were targeted. Near Abadan, an industrial complex used for drone manufacturing was struck.
Iranian agencies, citing informed sources, reported that a naval border guard base in Jask, Hormozgan province, was targeted, resulting in the deaths of several personnel.
In Mahshahr and Bastak, several military and security bases — particularly those belonging to the IRGC Navy and Iranian Army — were targeted. Strikes on the airport and military bases on Kish Island also continued for the third time since the war began.
Military centers at Bahonar Dock in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, were bombed again on Monday.
Several locations in Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman, Ardabil, Arak, and Zanjan were also struck. In Kerman, the IRGC Aerospace Force base was targeted. In Arak, the Special Police Unit headquarters was hit.
The Iranian government has not released updated official casualty figures. However, Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesperson for the Iranian Red Crescent, said on Monday that 555 people had been killed across the country.
Khaledi stated that US and Israeli forces had attacked multiple locations in 131 Iranian cities. Iran has a total of 483 cities. Each city includes a central district and may contain one or more towns and several villages.
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