Israel claims to have struck Iranian domestic security installations and missile launch facilities

A massive plume of smoke billows from the scene of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, which was struck on March 9, 2026, following a warning from Israel that it would target branches of a firm linked to Hezbollah.

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Lebanon was pulled into the conflict in the Middle East last week, after the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched an attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli strikes.

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On Monday, Israel's military launched a series of strikes on targets in central Iran, including internal security command centres and missile launch sites, marking the first such raid since the appointment of a new supreme leader in the Islamic republic.

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A statement from the Israeli military announced that "the Israeli Air Force… completed an additional wave of strikes on infrastructure across Iran belonging to the Iranian regime", with targets including "a rocket engine production facility and several long-range ballistic missiles launch sites" that posed a threat to Israel.

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The Israeli military also struck the internal security headquarters in the central city of Isfahan, a police headquarters, and other facilities used by the Revolutionary Guards and paramilitary Basij force, according to the military's statement.

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The military statement described the Internal Security and Basij forces as "a central arm in the repression of the Iranian civilian population", responsible for "the use of brutal and systematic violence against it", and noted that the latest strikes were aimed at "deepening the damage to the core arrays and foundations of the Iranian regime".

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The latest wave of strikes marks the first announced by Israel since Tehran appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the Islamic republic's supreme leader late on Sunday.