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On Tuesday, March 19, Tabriz was targeted by airstrikes, with black smoke from the explosions visible in the city.
The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Tuesday, March 10, 2025, that they launched a large wave of attacks against the infrastructure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran earlier that day.
Asadollah Badfar, head of the Basij in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic, was killed during joint attacks by Israel and the United States on the Islamic Republic. His funeral was held on March 8 in Qom.
Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran, defended the election of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as president, emphasizing Iran's determination and presence in political sessions. The comment was made in Tehran.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the United States' initial plan to achieve regime change in Iran within days had failed, and that subsequent plans also lacked success. He added that the U.S. currently lacks a realistic strategy and is engaging in盲目攻击伊朗。请允许我重新组织一下句子，使其更加符合新闻报道的客观性： 伊朗外长阿巴斯·阿雷奇表示，美国最初计划在几天内实现伊朗政权更迭的企图已经失败，后续的其他计划也未能成功。他指出，美国目前没有切实可行的策略，只是在盲目地攻击伊朗。
The election of Mojtaba Khamenei as the seventh president of the Islamic Republic of Iran is deemed unconstitutional and unauthorized to interfere in the government's internal affairs, according to the Iranian National News Agency.
An explosion occurred at an IRGC base in the vicinity of Hesarak, Karaj, as shown in an image received by Iran International.
A major explosion occurred near the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on the morning of an unspecified date, reportedly affecting an IRGC vessel.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran has escalated threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, prompting US President Donald Trump to warn of an attack on Iran that would be "twenty times harder than anything it has been hit with so far."
On Monday night and early Tuesday, March 19, US and Israeli airstrikes targeted regions in Tehran, Karaj, and central and southern Iran, including the IRGC Officers' University and Tehran National Defense University, causing power outages and intense explosions in multiple cities.
The IRGC spokesperson warned that if the US and Israel continue their military operations against the Islamic Republic, Iran will halt the export of all oil from the region. According to the spokesperson, trade during wartime is subject to security conditions.
At 00:32 early morning on Tuesday, March 19, 2026, explosions were reported in Tehran, with light from one of the blasts visible from both Mehrabad and Ekbatan areas.
