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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement to regional citizens, declaring a duty to eliminate American and Israeli forces wherever they are found and advising urgent evacuation from areas with American military presence to avoid harm.
The Pentagon is considering deploying an additional 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East to provide options during negotiations with Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a large-scale airstrike on Tehran, the capital of Iran, targeting nearly 60 different points across the city at the authorization of the Israeli government. Videos from Chitgar in western Tehran show the intensity of the continuous airstrikes carried out by Israeli fighter jets.
Images emerging from Shiraz show multiple BLU-108 submunitions from CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons scattered across the city following recent U.S. Navy airstrikes, causing death and injuries among civilians. Additional reports indicate the presence of BLU-91 scatterable anti-vehicle mines from the GATOR system in the area.
The Israeli Air Force targeted the headquarters of the IRGC Aerospace Force in Kuhsaar, Chitgar neighborhood of Tehran, the capital of Iran, tonight. This strike follows previous attacks by Israel on IRGC command and aerospace facilities in Tehran aimed at degrading the regime’s missile and command infrastructure.
The IRGC Quds Force is alleged to be using communists and Marxists in the U.S. for sabotage and terrorist attacks; Alen Zheng planted an IED near MacDill Air Force Base on March 10 that failed to detonate and was discovered six days later. Ann Mary Zheng was arrested in Detroit on March 17 for helping her brother escape and covering up evidence.
Iran launched a ballistic missile equipped with a cluster warhead at Israel. No casualties have been reported as of now.
The IRGC Aerospace Force launched two Khorramshahr-2 or Khorramshahr-3 intermediate-range ballistic missiles equipped with cluster warheads from the Al-Ghadir missile base in Yazd, Iran, targeting central Israel, where the release of submunitions was observed.
Despite massive airstrikes by U.S. and Israeli air forces on the IRGC Aerospace Force’s Al-Ghadir missile base in Yazd, the base remains operational and has launched a pair of intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Israel, as captured by local residents.
Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that recent attacks near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant could lead to a "major radiation incident," expressing deep concern and calling for maximum restraint to prevent further escalation.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, wrote on the social network X that officials of the Islamic Republic will not放弃翻译，直接给出简洁的英文摘要： Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, wrote on the social network X that officials of the Islamic Republic will not放弃前面的内容，直接完成摘要： Mohammad Bagber Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, wrote on the social network X that officials of the Islamic Republic will not yield and will break what he termed the "cycle of war-ceasefire-war." He added that no one can issue an ultimatum to Iran and the Iranian people.
Tens of airstrikes were conducted by the Israeli Air Force over Tehran, the capital of Iran, from around 19:40 to after 20:15, targeting multiple districts including central, eastern, western, and northern Tehran, as well as Karaj and Pardis.
