Attacks on Tehran, Isfahan intensify as war rages on

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US and Israeli attacks on Iran using warplanes, missiles, and drones are continuing. Since Monday, their assaults have intensified particularly in Tehran, Isfahan, and southern Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has offered to allow regional countries to use the Strait of Hormuz in return for the expulsion of American and Israeli ambassadors. 
 
Around midnight on Monday, and early Tuesday morning, another wave of airstrikes targeted security and military facilities as well as energy infrastructure in Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, and Isfahan.

According to Iranian media reports, several locations, particularly inside Tehran and its surrounding areas, were targeted. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters said they had shot down a number of missiles in the skies over Tehran.

After noon on Monday, several areas – especially in eastern and western Tehran – were bombed, particularly the neighborhoods of Tehransar, Sohravardi, Apadana, Resalat, Kouhak, Qaleh Hasan Khan, and South Majidiyeh. The central police command building in western Tehran and a Basij base called Karbala on Resalat Street were among the bombed locations.

According to the head of Tehran’s civil defense, two buildings in eastern Tehran were struck by missiles, killing dozens of people.

According to information residents in Tehran shared with media outlets, several houses and buildings in the city were bombed, though it is unclear what they were and none of the buildings had any signs identifying them. One of the targeted sites was reportedly a private company specializing in internet filtering.

Monday afternoon, the IRGC command center, several administrative offices, and a military base in Shahriar, west of Tehran province, were also attacked. On Monday night, a target near Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport was bombed.

In Alborz province, two IRGC and Basij bases in the Golshahr neighborhood and two Basij bases on Golzar-e Gharb Street and in the Mehrshahr neighborhood in the city of Karaj were bombed. Near Karaj, the main Basij base in the town of Mohammadshahr and an IRGC military base in Nazarabad were also targeted.

Since the beginning of this week, attacks on military targets in Isfahan province have also increased.

On Monday, between around 5 and 6 am, several sites inside the city of Isfahan were targeted. The central intelligence building of the IRGC in the city and an IRGC infantry base were bombed.

Around 6 am, several missiles also struck military targets in the city of Sepahan Shahr in Isfahan province. The heaviest attack targeted the IRGC infantry base near Sepahan Shahr.

On Monday in the city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, several IRGC facilities and a naval base belonging to the Iranian army were targeted.

The Israeli military said on Monday that it had targeted drone production, storage, and launch centers in Iran, and had also struck the country’s air defense systems.

On Monday night, the Israeli military said that since the start of the war it has killed more than 1,900 members of Iran’s military forces, including senior commanders, and wounded thousands more. It also said that it has bombed six military airports since the beginning of the war.

One of the targeted sites was an air transport system belonging to the Quds Force of the IRGC at Mehrabad Airport, and 16 aircraft at the airport were disabled.

In response to Israeli attacks, Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters announced on Monday night that it had carried out a large missile attack on Israel and several US military bases in the region.

The IRGC also announced that any Arab or European country that expels US and Israeli ambassadors will be allowed, starting Tuesday, to let its ships pass freely through the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that if Iran blocks oil tankers from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, “they will be hit 20 times harder than they have been so far.”