Complete air dominance by the US and Israel over Iran enables constant monitoring of the underground launch bases built by the Islamic Republic. As a result, launch attempts are thwarted in advance and strategic bombers destroy the bunker entrances.
Fox News reports that thousands of Iraqi Kurdish rebels have begun a ground attack inside Iran. Kurdish sources deny the report, saying cautious coordination is underway along the border between Iraq’s Kurdistan region and Iran.
An IDF spokesperson confirmed that an Adir (F-35I) shot down an Iranian YAK-130 over the Iranian capital – the first time an F-35 has downed a crewed fighter jet anywhere in the world.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the sinking of two Iranian vessels as the US Navy continues its systematic campaign against Iran's fleet.
According to a CNN report, the Central Intelligence Agency is working to arm Kurdish forces in an effort to spark a popular uprising in Iran’s outlying regions. Sources familiar with the plan say the move is intended to tie down Iranian forces along the Iraq border and enable unrest in major cities. Tehran has already responded with drone strikes.
Opposition outlet Iran International says Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The Financial Times reported, citing a source inside the regime, that the attack on Gulf states and the severe blow to the fuel industry are part of a plan devised by Khamenei to exact a price and ensure the survival of the Iranian regime.
Defense companies are under "emergency orders," Trump tells Politico, even as a senator warns of a desperate shortage of missile defense systems.
Strike in the city of Qom hit the building housing Iran's Assembly of Experts; according to some reports, many were wounded and killed. On Monday, a building that previously served as the Iranian parliament was struck.
Al Arabiya reported IDF special units operated on Iranian territory overnight; a separate unconfirmed report claimed the IRGC naval commander was killed in a US strike.
