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Monday, June 23, 2025
IDF says it hit Tehran targets responsible for ‘homeland defense, suppressing threats, regime stability’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The military is now providing more details on the strikes in Tehran.
Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck headquarters and other assets belonging to Iran’s internal security forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran, the IDF says in a statement.
“These forces are composed of various corps and commands and are responsible, on behalf of the Iranian regime’s military, for homeland defense, suppressing threats, and maintaining regime stability,” the statement says.
According to the IDF, the strikes hit the Basij headquarters in Tehran, which it says “serves as one of the bases of power of the IRGC and is responsible, among other things, for enforcing Islamic code and reporting civilians who violate it to the authorities.”
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Additionally, the strikes hit the Alborz Corps, which the military says is “responsible for protecting several cities in Tehran Province from various threats and preserving regime stability,” along with the Iranian internal security forces’ intelligence and general security police.
“These headquarters are significant both militarily and in terms of governance, and striking them harms the military capabilities of the Iranian regime,” the IDF adds.
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