The IDF completed 20 waves of strikes across western and central Iran over the past day, targeting over 150 regime sites, including missile sites and launchers, drone facilities, defense systems, and weapons production sites, the military confirmed on Friday.
An IDF statement said that the IAF had eliminated several members of the Iranian Basij forces overnight as they operated recently established roadblocks in Tehran.
The Basij forces, part of Iran's security apparatus, had led the Islamic regime's deadly crackdown on protesters in January 2026, the IDF noted.
The strikes completed are part of the ongoing goal of further degrading the Iranian regime’s core systems and foundations of the Iranian terrorist regime.
Over the past two weeks, the military has conducted hundreds of strike waves against the regime.
Iran's new supreme leader sends first message
On Thursday, a message attributed to Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was read out by a newscaster on Iranian state television while a photo of the supreme leader was shown.
There have not been any signs of life from Khamenei since his appointment.
“The will of the masses is to continue the effective and regrettable defense,” Khamenei’s apparent statement read.
Khamenei was quoted as thanking Yemen’s Houthis and Hezbollah in Lebanon for their “defending the oppressed people of Gaza,” and “coming to the aid of the Islamic Republic despite all obstacles,” as well as the Iraqi resistance for their “courage.”