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Controlling the skies: IDF, US close to air supremacy over Iran after dropping 1,200 bombs

Once air supremacy is established, it will increase both Israel's and the US's ability to target a wider range of targets and to help anti-regime protesters.

Smoke rises from a govnerment building in Tehran after the IDF conducted a round of strikes, March 1, 2026.
A demonstrator holds a burning photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026

When the details of Supreme Leader Khamenei’s assassination come out, jaws will drop - analysis

Ahmad Vahidi speaks at a candidates' registration office in Tehran on May 30, 2024, during the first day of registration ahead of the country's presidential election.

After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, who is running Iran's regime at this moment? - analysis

The head of an impacted rocket in a field in Northern Israel on March 1, 2026.

IDF close to air supremacy over Iran after latest wave of strikes on Tehran


‘Iran is going to use all of its capabilities’: Expert warns Iran cornered by ‘existential war’

Former IDF intelligence official Yossi Kuperwasser said Iran now views the conflict as an existential war, warning the regime is likely to escalate and use all military and proxy capabilities.

BRIG.-GEN. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, director of research for IDSF and a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, at the Democracy 2023 Conference.

Before strikes, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed

US President Donald Trump has for weeks signaled the US was interested in seeing regime change in Iran, but has not given in any detail Washington’s thinking on who could lead the country.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq struck by missiles, possibly of Israeli origin - report

Iraqi Shiite militias linked with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Kataib Hezbollah and other Popular Mobilization Forces groups, were targeted in Israeli strikes, local media claims.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

The Islamic Republic built a war machine, now it is being dismantled - opinion

The region is witnessing expansive military operations by the United States and Israel, including moves that, according to American and Israeli sources, will become clearer as the campaign develops.

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General, Hossein Salami and Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, attend a ceremony.

Woman killed in central Israel as a result of Iran missile barrage, over 20 wounded

Over 200 missiles were launched toward Israel as the joint Israel-US campaign continued to strike targets across the Islamic regime.

Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.

Less than 24 hours into Iran military operation, state media confirms Khamenei's death

Trump, Netanyahu call on Iranians to secure their future, topple regime • Araghchi: Khamenei still alive after IDF strikes said to kill dozens of Iranian leaders, including Khamenei

Ballistic missiles fired from Iran are intercepted by Israel’s air defense system over the Galilee, February 28, 2026

Iranian officials, including Khamenei, killed in Israeli strikes, Israeli sources say

Israeli officials informed of Khamenei's assasination • Netanyahu says objective to end Ayatollah's regime • Trump confirms US operation in Iran, tells IRGC to lay down arms

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2026.

Israel weighs Iran response scenarios as US pressure mounts - analysis

Israel is closely monitoring US military deployments as uncertainty grows over Iran’s next move and the possibility of a broader regional showdown.

 A war between Israel and Iran (illustrative)

Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq threatens US, Kurdish groups

The militia's threat came as the US Embassy in Israel said it had authorized the departure of non-essential personnel on Friday.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

Iran's Islamic regime will fall when its pillars of loyalty begin to crack - opinion

Real change occurs when the mechanism of loyalty begins to crack; when those loyalists understand that, at a decisive moment, they may find themselves standing alone.

Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025