IRGC Claims Attack on Ben Gurion Airport, Command Centers in Israel
[Regnum] Iran attacked Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, a biological research center and decision-making centers at various levels during a morning attack on Israel, the Tasnim agency reported, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, part of the country's armed forces).
It was stated that during the 20th wave of attacks carried out as part of Operation True Promise 3, the Iranian military used several long-range ballistic missiles with solid and liquid fuel. The missiles with powerful warheads overcame Israeli air defenses, the IRGC said.
“The main targets were Ben Gurion Airport, the Israel Biological Research Center, logistics bases and various command and control center bureaus,” the statement said.
Israeli media reported that about 30 Iranian missiles were fired at targets in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, Iran launched a missile strike on Israel after the US attack on nuclear facilities on the night of June 22. US Air Force B-2 bombers attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow. The last target, as US President Donald Trump specified, was dropped with a "full load of bombs."
Iranian authorities have confirmed that nuclear facilities were hit from the air. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the US violated international law and the UN Charter. He recalled that Iran has the right to a legal response for self-defense. In this regard, Iran retains all opportunities to protect its sovereignty, interests of the country and the nation, the minister emphasized.
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Israel Simultaneously Strike Targets in Four Areas of Iran
The Israeli military simultaneously struck rocket launchers, drones and military installations in four areas of Iran. About 30 fighter jets hit dozens of targets across the country, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) press service reported.
"The Israeli Air Force struck missile and drone targets in Isfahan, Bushehr, Ahvaz and, for the first time, Yazd," the IDF said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
It was reported that missile launchers were hit in Isfahan, Bushehr and Ahvaz, as well as military facilities involved in the production of air defense batteries, the Third Brigade UAV command center and a drone warehouse located near it.
In the Yazd region, the Imam Hussein strategic missile command center, where the Khorramshahr long-range missiles were stored, was hit. About 60 missiles were launched at Israel from this center, the IDF noted.
It is specified that the fighters fired more than 60 munitions. Among the destroyed targets were Iranian servicemen loading missile launchers.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the night of June 13, Israel announced the start of a large-scale military operation against Iran, "Rising Lion", under the pretext of eliminating the threat of nuclear weapons. The Israeli army struck Iranian territory, and several heads of Iran's military departments were killed.
Tehran responded by launching Operation True Promise 3 and began striking Israeli military and military-industrial facilities. Residential areas were hit on both sides, and civilians were killed and wounded in both Israel and Iran.
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Iranian President Threatens US to Retaliate for Strikes on Nuclear Facilities
The United States of America must receive a response to the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on June 22.
"The US attacked us. If you were in such conditions, what would you do? Naturally, they must receive a response to their aggression," the Iranian president's press service quotes him as saying.
Pezeshkian recalled that earlier, American representatives claimed that they intended to ensure the "peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program," and Tehran welcomed this. However, in the midst of the negotiations, the US began to act "in full coordination with the Zionist regime," the Iranian president said.
The Iranian side has always been ready to negotiate within the framework of international law, but instead Washington demanded Tehran's capitulation, Pezeshkian noted. The people of the republic will not succumb to force and intimidation and will respond accordingly to the aggression of the American side, the Iranian president concluded.
Earlier on June 22, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran would respond to US attacks as long as it deems necessary. The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy, Alireza Tangsiri, said that Iran would completely close the Strait of Hormuz, through which oil is exported from the Persian Gulf countries to Asian markets, in response to US attacks on nuclear facilities.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the night of June 22, US Air Force B-2 bombers attacked Iran's nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow. US President Donald Trump called on Iran to conclude a deal and threatened new attacks in case of refusal.
Russia strongly condemned the US strikes. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Iran would continue to work on its nuclear program and that there were countries in the world ready to transfer their nuclear weapons to Tehran.
Israel presses airstrikes across Iran as US attacks bring battle to ‘turning point’
[IsraelTimes] Air force chief details surprise raid on missile production site over 2,000 kilometers away; Tehran governor says Israel has hit ‘over 200’ sites in capital
Israel’s top general said Sunday that the country’s conflict with Iran had reached a pivotal moment following US strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities, as Israeli planes continued to pound targets in Tehran and western Iran after 10 days of fighting.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir credited close coordination between Israeli and American diplomatic and military leaders for a series of high-powered strikes on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, as Washington stepped into the fray. The US bolstered Israel’s military offensive aimed at destroying Iran’s ability to enrich uranium or build atomic weapons.
“We’ve gotten to a turning point in the battle, after last night, [when] the US military struck central nuclear sites in a lethal, precise and very impressive way,” Zamir said.
“This strike was made possible thanks to the courageous leadership of our partners in the United States and a combined diplomatic and military effort,” he added, noting his close coordination with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Daniel Caine and US Central Command chief Gen. Michael Kurilla.
In the US, President Donald Trump said the dozen 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs dropped on the key underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo, along with attacks on nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz, had removed the nuclear threat that had longed stalked Israel and the wider region.
“We had a spectacular military success yesterday, taking the ‘bomb’ right out of their hands (and they would use it if they could!)” he said on social media.
But Zamir noted that the campaign was far from over for Israel. “We still have targets to strike and objectives to complete,” he said. “We are continuing to increase the pace of our attacks in accordance with the plan and are prepared to continue for as long as required.”
According to the military, some 30 fighter jets carried out bombing missions in four areas of Iran earlier Sunday, targeting missile and drone sites. A second sortie later Sunday involved 20 planes dropping 30 bombs on various sites, including in the capital, Tehran.
In the first raid, dozens of targets were hit simultaneously in Isfahan, Bushehr, Ahvaz, and, for the first time, also Yazd, according to the IDF.
The IDF added that some 60 munitions were dropped by the fighter jets in the strikes.
“As part of the wave of strikes, fighter jets targeted for the first time the ‘Imam Hussein’ strategic missile headquarters in the Yazd area, where long-range Khorramshahr missiles were stored,” the military said, adding that some 60 missiles had been fired at Israel from the facility.
Footage released by the IDF on June 22, 2025, shows Israeli airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and soldiers in Iran. (Israel Defense Forces)
According to the military, Israeli Air Force fighter jets flew some 2,200 kilometers (1,400 miles) from Israel to strike the site, marking one of its longest sorties yet.
“In broad daylight, we surprised the Imam Hussein missile headquarters in central Iran, the furthest target we’ve struck to date,” said IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar in remarks published by the military.
“We destroyed Khorramshahr missiles before they were launched at Israel and struck tunnels used to store the missiles,” Bar said.
Last week’s Israeli jets bombed the Mashhad airport, over 2,300 kilometers from Israel.
At the same time as the strikes in Yazd, Israel also hit missile launchers, air defense battery production sites, a headquarters of an Iranian drone regiment, and a drone storage facility in Isfahan, Bushehr, and Ahvaz, the military said.
During the strikes in Yazd, the IDF said an air force drone identified Iranian soldiers “arming missile launchers, and eliminated them shortly afterward.”
“We are continuing waves of strikes across Iran, disrupting the enemy’s ability to launch salvos into Israeli territory, degrading their firepower capabilities, and operating decisively to defend the Israeli home front and reduce rocket fire,” Bar said.
According to local Iranian media, at least nine members of the Revolutionary Guards were killed Sunday in Israeli attacks on central Iran.
“Following the aggression of the barbaric Zionist regime and its mercenaries against two military centers in Yazd city, seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel and two conscripts were martyred,” the Tasnim news agency reported, quoting an IRGC statement.
Others were injured in the attack, it added. The Fars news agency had earlier said Israeli strikes targeted two military sites in Yazd.
Separately, Iranian news agencies reported that an IAF airstrike killed three more IRGC members on Sunday.
The Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported that the attack took place in Zanjan province in western Iran.
The military announced Sunday evening that its planes also hit infrastructure used to store and launch ballistic missiles, as well as satellites and radar sites in Kermanshah and Hamedan “used for aerial intelligence-gathering.”
Additionally, an air defense system was bombed in “the heart of Tehran,” the military added.
The IDF said the strikes were part of efforts to “degrade the military capabilities of the Iranian regime.”
On Saturday night, hours before the US carried out its strikes, Israeli jets hit an Iranian ballistic missile engine production site near Iran’s Shahrud, some 2,000 kilometers from Israel, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Sunday.
According to the military, the strike hit “planetary mixers and critical machinery used to manufacture missile engines” of the kind that have been fired at Israel in recent days.
“The targeted site is part of the effort to disrupt the Iranian regime’s surface-to-surface missile production industry, which is intended to produce thousands of missiles in the coming years,” the IDF added.
Israel has said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program is necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.