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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released drone-view footage of what it described as a precision strike on a \u201cheadquarters of the Iranian terror regime\u201d in central Tehran, calling it the first such attack \u201cin the heart of Tehran\u201d since the launch of Operation \u201cRoaring Lion.\u201dIn a post on its X account, the IDF shared aerial footage showing a building in a dense urban area being struck, followed by a plume of smoke rising from the site. The video was captioned as the \u201cdismantlement\u201d of a regime headquarters and framed as part of a broader campaign targeting what Israel calls core regime infrastructure.\u201cFor the first time since the start of Operation \u2018Roaring Lion,\u2019 the IAF is striking targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran,\u201d the IDF said, “Over the past day, the IAF conducted large-scale strikes to establish aerial superiority and pave the path to Tehran.”According to reports, the building seen in the footage is associated with Iran\u2019s state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). However, the IDF\u2019s official statements have not explicitly named IRIB, instead repeatedly referring to \u201cregime infrastructure,\u201d \u201cmilitary command centres,\u201d and \u201cregime targets.\u201d<\/p>\n The IDF has said the initial waves of Operation Roaring Lion are focused on \u201cestablishing aerial superiority\u201d over Iranian airspace and \u201cpaving the path to Tehran.\u201dIn its operational updates, the military described a multi-stage campaign targeting Iranian air-defence systems, missile launchers and command infrastructure.According to the IDF, approximately 200 Israeli Air Force fighter jets participated in what it called the largest flyover in IAF history, dropping \u201chundreds of munitions\u201d on around 500 objectives. These included air-defence systems, missile arrays, regime-linked sites and military command centres across western and central Iran.<\/p>\n The strike forms part of a broader, coordinated US\u2013Israeli campaign. Israel refers to its component as Operation \u201cRoaring Lion,\u201d while the US Department of Defense has named its parallel effort \u201cOperation Epic Fury.\u201dOn Saturday, Israeli and US forces launched coordinated strikes across multiple Iranian cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Karaj and Kermanshah.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first public remarks after the strikes that Roaring Lion and Epic Fury aim to remove threats emanating from Tehran and to \u201cempower the Iranian people against the regime,\u201d casting the campaign in both security and political terms.On the US side, President Donald Trump described the American role as \u201cmajor combat operations\u201d against Iran, calling it \u201ca massive and ongoing operation\u201d intended to eliminate what he termed \u201cimminent threats from the Iranian regime.\u201d He linked the action to longstanding US concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear and missile programs and its support for regional proxy groups.<\/div>\n\nUS-Israel operation<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n