A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber landed at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom after conducting a bombing run on targets in Iran.
Israeli forces conducted an airstrike on the Space Research Center in Tarasht, Tehran, Iran, damaging facilities used for designing and building satellites and satellite launch vehicles. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFury
Early this morning, Hashd al-Shaabi, Iraqi proxies of the IRGC Quds Force, released two videos claiming the shootdown of a U.S. Air Force Reserve KC-135R tanker using a surface-to-air missile; six crew members were reported killed. CENTCOM states the aircraft crashed due to a mishap.
On the evening of March 22, the "Iran Space Research Institute" building on Sheikh Fazlollah Nuri Expressway in Tehran was targeted in airstrikes, resulting in explosions. The institute, affiliated with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, was involved in developing space technologies and launching satellites.
Hossein Afrasiab, a protest rapper, was arrested by plainclothes agents at the entrance to Shahin Shahr in Isfahan and beaten during the arrest; he was then transferred to the detention center of the IRGC Intelligence Organization at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.
Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported the arrest of 54 people in connection with "monarchists" and the detention of two others on charges of "espionage."
Last night, the US Air Force conducted airstrikes on over 90 targets around Kharg Island, hitting bunkers and other strategic military assets.
The Israeli Air Force targeted more than 60 bulldozers belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, which were intended for rebuilding missile storage sites. Videos released by the Israeli military show missile launch operators and their launchers being targeted during these operations.
Between 90 and 95 percent of Iran's crude oil exports are carried out through the two existing jetties on Kharg Island, which also houses a petrochemical complex, gas processing facilities, and a desalination unit.
Israel conducted an attack on Eyvan County, killing six members of the IRGC Quds Force and one member of the IRGC Aerospace Force who had arrived in Eyvan the previous night.
On Saturday, March 23, 2026, various cities in Iran including Isfahan, Hamadan, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Karaj, Ahvaz, Shiraz, and Jahrom were targeted by airstrikes and missile attacks, with explosions reported by noon.
Kharg Island, a critical hub for Iran's oil exports, primarily ships crude oil to China through the Strait of Hormuz and houses over 50 oil tanks with a storage capacity of approximately 30 to 34 million barrels.
Tasnim, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on the funeral ceremony for Morteza Darbari, a resident of Lasjerd village in the suburbs of Sarkheh, Semnan, who was killed in an Israeli attack on a checkpoint in the Hashamabad Fifteen area of Tehran. Darbari's body was buried after the government-organized Quds Day march.
The Israeli army announced that its drones are conducting operations over Tehran, targeting Basij checkpoints and agents involved in the deadly crackdown against protesters. Basij agents implicated in the violence have reportedly gone into hiding.
Videos published by state media during funeral ceremonies for Basij militiamen and military personnel killed in Israeli and American attacks depict threats directed against the people and Israel.
Last night, U.S. forces conducted a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island, Iran, destroying naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and other military sites, with more than 90 Iranian military targets hit while preserving the island's oil infrastructure.
In March 2025, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Defense Council and advisor to Ali Khamenei, was killed in an attack on his residence, which elicited expressions of joy from many Iranians due to Shamkhani's role in suppressing protests.
A video showing Basij forces at a tunnel checkpoint has been released and reposted by the Israeli army, which claims that Israeli aircraft are freely moving over Tehran and targeting Basij agents and their checkpoints. The Israeli army added that the sound of their aircraft over the streets indicates the clearing of violence and the transfer of fear from the Iranian people to the Basij agents.
On February 14, 2026, the U.S. Air Force conducted two strikes on a ballistic missile base of the IRGC Aerospace Force in Jam, southern Iran. The same Iranian base had earlier launched precision-guided ballistic missiles at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, damaging five KC-135R Stratotankers of the U.S. Air Force.
BREAKING: Massive plumes of smoke are rising from Tabriz, a major industrial town in northwestern Iran, following an Israeli airstrike on a tractor manufacturing plant suspected of supporting military vehicle production for the Islamic regime. #OperationLionsRoar #OperationEpicFury
