Commercial satellite images are revealing the scale of damage to Iran’s military facilities across the country after a coordinated U.S. and Israeli campaign opened with a daytime strike on Iran’s leadership in central Tehran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Smoke was visible rising from Khamenei’s compound after the attack.
Israel and the U.S. have since struck targets nationwide. Social media and open-source reporting indicate numerous military bases and compounds were hit, and Iran has launched retaliatory attacks across the Middle East. U.S. forces have also targeted Iran’s navy. President Trump posted that he had been briefed U.S. forces sank nine Iranian naval vessels; U.S. Central Command confirmed striking an Iranian warship in port but did not immediately verify that total.
Satellite imagery shows burning vessels at the Konarak naval base in southern Iran and damage at a nearby airbase where hardened aircraft shelters were struck by precision munitions. Several images capture a ship ablaze at Konarak. Other photos show extensive damage at a drone base in the same area, with destroyed buildings and facilities.
Iran has launched numerous drones and missiles toward Israel and U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Many have been intercepted; videos and reports indicate some evaded defenses and struck targets in Gulf countries. Dubai’s government said debris from an Iranian drone damaged the Burj Al Arab.
Iran’s long-range missiles, considered among its most powerful weapons, are often stored in mountain tunnels. Satellite images taken in the mountains of northern Iran indicate some of those tunnels were struck in the opening wave of attacks.
Following Khamenei’s death, Iran declared 40 days of mourning. Satellite pictures showed large crowds gathering in Tehran’s Enghelab Square. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told NPR Iran will continue to fight “foreign aggression, foreign domination.” A White House official told NPR that President Trump plans to speak with Iran’s interim leadership “eventually,” but for now U.S. operations in the region continue “unabated.”
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