Israel strikes one of most fortified Iranian regime sites, top officials reportedly inside
Israeli Air Force conducts operations against Iran (photo: Getty Images)
Israeli Air Force struck the central headquarters of the Iranian regime — one of the most heavily protected sites in the country, Israel Defense Forces report.
According to the statement, aviation, using intelligence data, carried out a precision strike on the leadership complex of the Iranian regime. The operation was conducted during night of March 3.
The Israel Defense Forces called the facility "central headquarters" and noted that the highest authority body of the regime was located there.
"The Iranian Regime's Leadership Compound — the central headquarters has been dismantled," the Israel Defense Forces statement said.
The Israel Defense Forces also showed satellite images of the target (photo: X.com/ Israel Defense Forces)
Elimination of leadership is one of the goals of the operation against Iran
Since the beginning of the special operation on February 28, the United States stated that one of the goals of the operation is the destruction of the top leadership of Iran, which continues its course toward creation of nuclear weapons.
Iranian state media said that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family were killed on the morning of February 28 as a result of Israeli-American strikes.
The death of the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, chief security adviser Ali Shamkhani, and other top officials known as the "axis of terror" has also been confirmed. In total, according to the United States, at least 49 top officials were killed.