Economic impacts and financial reports
An Iranian man was seen screaming out of joy after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit a weapons depot in Dezful, Iran.
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At 1:20 a.m. on Farvardin 1st (March 21, 2025),袭击目标包括布什尔特别经济区的入口以及距该区约两公里处的一个伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）站点，前者遭到1枚导弹袭击，后者此前已遭受约4枚导弹袭击。
On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Central Command conducted military strikes on a drone manufacturing facility in Khomeyni Shahr, Isfahan, Iran, which was producing Shahed suicide drones. Images released by CENTCOM show the facility before and after the strikes, indicating significant damage.
Mohammad Javad Akbari, a member of the editorial board of Iran International, criticized Ali Khamenei in the Nowruz 1405 special program, describing him as the "architect of destruction" who has ruined Iran's culture, politics, economy, and security, and dismissed the people's efforts to be heard.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) conducted two major overnight airstrike waves in Tehran and central Iran, targeting dozens of military sites related to weapons production and ballistic missiles, including missile factories, storage sites, and personnel.
In two waves of airstrikes across Tehran and central Iran, the Israeli Air Force targeted missile production and storage facilities, as well as sites housing long-range ballistic missile launchers, while Iranian military personnel were present at the sites.
An Israeli-led airstrike, coordinated with Mossad and Shin Bet, killed senior Iranian intelligence official Mehdi Rostami Shamastan in Tehran. Shamastan was a key figure in orchestrating attacks on Israeli civilians and global Jewish targets and was part of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence.
Mohammad Mokhber, an advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, posted on X that the Islamic Republic's "victory" in the war and the establishment of a new regime for the Strait of Hormuz would weaken the petrodollar, create demand for the Iranian rial, and transform Iran into a sanctioning power. He also stated that a nation with the will for atomic energy does not seek atomic bombs.
RT propagandist Steve Sweeney was injured in an Israeli airstrike on a strategic bridge used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and was allegedly on the phone with Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos afterward, attempting to frame the attack as an assault on journalists. Prior to the strike, the IDF had warned Sweeney and his crew to evacuate the area.
The Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on the judiciary and police headquarters in central Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. Coordinates of the strike were 35.67839, 51.41954.
Yousef Pezeshkian, son of the President of the Islamic Republic's government and media assistant to the President's office, stated on his Telegram channel that he receives messages urging him to surrender the government to the people, which he dismisses as coming from "agents and mercenaries of Israel" or from those in "ignorance and delusion."
Kremlin propagandist Steve Sweeney of Russia Today (RT) and his cameraman were injured in an airstrike in southern Lebanon, where they had been praising Iran and Hezbollah.
