Iranian Regime tv Channel One hacked while it was airing Khamenie speech

Iranian Regime national tv Channel One hacked about an hour ago. During a broadcast of Khamenie speech, a red crosshair appeared over his face and chanting of Women. Life. Freedom. There was writing to the side saying "Rise up. Join us". Also 4 photos at the bottom of the screen of young people killed and additional writing: "The blood of our youth is dropping from your paws".

Also, there was a huge banner in the middle of Tehran highway today that read: We are no longer afraid of you. We will fight.

Also, attempted attack on IRI ambassador in Denmark. Her bodyguard was stabbed. Diplomatic Security intervened before the attacker could stab the ambassador.

Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 12, 2025

Information Cutoff: 21:45 EST

This update is the first of at least three CTP-ISW Iran Updates over the next 24 hours that will cover the Iran-Israel war. The recent Israeli strikes are a rapidly evolving situation, and no single individual or organization will have complete information at this time, including the states involved. Some of the information that is available in the open-source will be contradictory or inaccurate. CTP-ISW will continually refine our assessments over the coming days and weeks, as we work to understand the situation. CTP-ISW will issue corrections and clearly articulate when we refine an earlier understanding of events.

Many sources will misinterpret information in the coming hours. Social media users posted footage that showed dozens of bright streaks in the sky during the October 2024 Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel and claimed that all of the streaks were ballistic missiles, for example. It later emerged that some of the streaks were ballistic missile interceptors, not missiles.

CTP-ISW will only publish high-confidence information. Our maps and the update below include information including “anti-aircraft fire,” reported and confirmed explosions, and reported and confirmed airstrikes. Some users online may misinterpret anti-aircraft fire as evidence of an airstrike. Some air defense systems have long ranges that make it difficult to assess if the air defense fire's point of origin is the actual target or if the air defense systems are protecting a more distant site. Likewise, the sounds of explosions may not denote an airstrike because some sources may misinterpret the sounds of missile launches or other kinetic activity.

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Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025 08:00 ET

In addition to striking nuclear and military infrastructure, Israel has conducted a decapitation campaign targeting Iranian military leadership. Israeli strikes have killed the following individuals as well as several other military officials and prominent nuclear scientists:

Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) Chief Major General Mohammad Bagheri
Khatam ol Anbia Central Headquarters Commander Major General Gholam Ali Rashid
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami
IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajji Zadeh
Former Supreme National Security Council Secretary Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani[12]

These individuals have been highly influential voices in the Iranian military establishment for decades. They played pivotal roles in Iranian strategy across the Middle East, especially as it grew more aggressive after around 2014-16.[13] The AFGS is the seniormost Iranian military body and is responsible for military policy and strategic guidance. The Khatam ol Anbia Central Headquarters is the highest Iranian operational headquarters and is thus responsible for joint and wartime operations, performing a role similar to a US combatant command. The sudden loss of these individuals appears to have caused significant disruption within the Iranian military decision-making network, which may have contributed to the lack of a meaningful Iranian response so far.

This disruption is temporary, however, as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has already appointed these individuals’ successors. Khamenei appointed Major General Abdol Rahim Mousavi as AFGS chief, Major General Ali Shadmani as Khatam ol Anbia Central Headquarters commander, and Major General Mohammad Pak Pour as IRGC commander.[14] It is unclear who replaced Hajji Zadeh or has filled the positions that these individuals previously held. CTP-ISW will provide further information on these individuals in the following updates.

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Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025 2:00 PM ET

Israel launched an air campaign targeting the Iranian nuclear program and regime leadership on June 12 to “degrade, destroy, and remove [the] threat” of Iranian weaponization of its nuclear program. The June 12 to 13 strikes are the opening volley in a weekslong air campaign, according to multiple Israeli officials. It will be difficult to assess the success or failure of the Israeli air campaign based on these objectives in this early stage.

Israel's strikes intended to impose discrete military effects on Iran that made it difficult for Iran to respond quickly. These effects included the suppression of Iranian air defenses, the degradation of Iran's ability to retaliate against Israel, and the disruption of Iranian command and control. Israel's ability to generate at least some of these effects has contributed to Israel's immediate success and set conditions for Israel to continue and expand the campaign as needed.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 14, 2025, Morning Edition

Iran has used significantly fewer munitions in its response to Israel than originally planned because the IDF destroyed and damaged missile launchers and silos that Iran planned to use to retaliate against Israel. This is consistent with CTP-ISW’s observation that degrading Iran’s retaliatory capabilities was one objective of the initial Israeli strikes on June 12.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has continued to strike Iranian air defense systems to maintain air superiority over Iran.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Majid Mousavi to replace Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajji Zadeh as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force commander. The IRGC Aerospace Force oversees the Iranian missile and drone programs and led the Iranian attacks against Israel in April and October 2024.
Iran has conducted six waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel from Iranian territory since the initial Israeli strikes on June 12. At least 10 interceptors, shrapnel, or ballistic missiles struck the Tel Aviv area, causing damage to high-rise buildings, over 60 injuries, and one death.
The IDF has reportedly continued to target Iranian military targets. Some of these strikes—but not all—seek to degrade Iran’s retaliatory capabilities.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 14, 2025, Evening Edition

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The Israeli air campaign is driving generational turnover in Iranian military leadership.[1] Israeli strikes have killed numerous senior military officers so far. These individuals, such as Mohammad Bagheri and Amir Ali Hajji Zadeh, had occupied some of the highest positions in the Iranian armed forces for years and, in some cases, decades.[2] Many of these officers had close personal bonds to one another, having forged brotherly ties in their youth during the Iran-Iraq War and maintained those relationships as they rose together through military ranks in the following decades. These relationships created an informal influence network at the highest echelons of the Iranian military establishment. These officers were extremely influential in shaping Iranian strategy due to their positions at the top of the military hierarchy and their immediate access to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. These officers intervened in Iranian domestic affairs on several occasions to assert their shared political preferences and see the regime through internal crises. CTP-ISW identified this network in a 2013 report, labeling it the IRGC Command Network.[3] That Israel has killed so many members within and in the orbit of the Command Network in recent days means that Israel has not only removed a key leadership cadre—it has also degraded one of the most stable and influential factions in the Islamic Republic. The Command Network has been an enduring presence in Iranian decision-making circles for decades—one of the few factions to remain so dominant other than Khamenei himself. It is too soon to assess what implications the dismantlement of the Command Network will have on Iranian behavior and strategy.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Major General Amir Hatami as the overall Artesh commander. Hatami is notably a vocal proponent of Iran’s “active deterrence” doctrine, which has underpinned the offensive strategy that Iran has had since 2014-16.
The IDF has continued to target Iranian military targets across Iran, likely to degrade Iran’s retaliatory capabilities.

This update contains early battle damage assessments (BDA) of several Iranian facilities, including Natanz, Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center, and several military bases.
Two US officials said Israeli strikes at Natanz were “extremely effective,” but a senior Israeli official added that the damage is not yet “fatal.”
Israel struck the Artesh Air Force 2nd Tactical Airbase (TAB) in Tabriz on the night of June 12 to 13, as CTP-ISW previously reported. The strikes destroyed several buildings north of Artesh Air Force aircraft hangars and cratered the approaches from the hangars to the runway.
Israel may have destroyed a likely aircraft hangar and a radar at Hamedan Air Force Base (43km north of Hamedan) on the night of June 12 to 13.
Israel struck several buildings at the Amand Missile Base that likely stored ballistic missiles.
Israel struck the Bakhtaran (Panj Pelleh) underground missile base in Kermanshah on June 13.
Israel expanded its ongoing strike campaign against Iran on June 14 by targeting critical energy infrastructure. This expansion marks new Israeli efforts to degrade Iran’s capacity to sustain its military and nuclear program.
CTP-ISW is monitoring reports that the IDF struck the Shahran oil depot on the northwestern outskirts of Tehran on June 14.
Iran may respond to the Israeli escalation by threatening international maritime security.
Iranian officials said that Iran will not return to US-Iran nuclear negotiations until Israel halts its attacks on Iran and Iran has finished its retaliatory attacks on Israel.
Some of Iran’s partners and proxies in the Axis of Resistance have so far failed to meaningfully intervene and impose costs on Israel for targeting Iran so far.
Iran has launched seven waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel from Iranian territory since initial Israeli strikes on June 12.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Morning Edition

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has targeted several nuclear sites in Tehran since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff on June 14.
A US weapons expert reported on June 15 that, if Israel does not render the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) inoperable, then Iran would be able to produce enough weapons-grade uranium (WGU) for nine nuclear weapons by the end of the first month using its pre-attack 60% enriched uranium stockpile.
The IDF has also targeted several military and defense industrial sites outside Tehran since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff on June 14.
Israel expanded its ongoing strike campaign against Iran on June 14 by attacking critical Iranian energy infrastructure.
Iran has conducted two waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel from Iranian territory since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff on June 14.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has continued to strike Iranian missile launchers, which is likely limiting the scale of the Iranian response to Israel.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition
Information Cutoff: 6:00 PM ET
The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This comes the day after the IDF began striking energy infrastructure. The degradation of the Iranian coercive apparatus coupled with energy shortages could destabilize the regime.
The IDF conducted its furthest strike eastward as part of its efforts to establish air superiority over Iran. The IDF specifically struck an Artesh airbase around Mashhad in northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province. Most of the Israeli strikes targeting air defenses have been around western and central Iran thus far.
Iran has continued its missile campaign targeting Israel, having launched 10 total barrages at the time of this writing. Two of these barrages occurred in recent hours. The IDF has intercepted around 92 percent of the missiles that Iran has fired at Israel thus far, according to an Israeli official speaking to Reuters.

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Russian journalist Georgy Zotov:

Many people now have one question: why does Israeli intelligence feel at home in Iran?

No, it's not about the Stirlitzs with their excellent Persian language and the uniform of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The answer is incredibly banal: it's about money.

In 2024, one of the leaders of the Hamas Politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran. There are two versions of this death: that a bomb was planted in his room, and that a short-range projectile was used from Iranian territory. There is a possibility that Haniyeh’s security guard was involved, and they even announced the amount paid to him: 6 million dollars. Whether this is true or not, I don't know. But I have been to Iran many times, and the corruption there amazed even me after living in Russia. They continue to take from us, but not everything. They take EVERYTHING there. Back in 2002, I didn't like the system. They give you a press visa. It's more expensive than a tourist visa. You have to come to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and pay for the issuance of accreditation. You are required to work with a licensed agency for receiving foreign press for $200 per day, otherwise you CANNOT be in Iran. I knocked the price down to $100, and that was the most I could do. It was always like that, except for the last time. Then they let me into Iran without the services of an agency: apparently, there were some concessions.

This is how they work. I came to the city of Rasht to do a report on how black caviar is being prepared in Iran. The company said that my letter from the government was so-so, and they would send it back (!) to Tehran for verification. How long will it take - who knows. No explanation that the report had already been approved helped - like, what if the letter was fake. At the same time, they began to demand $1,000 from me in personal conversations for the report. I did not pay them, and there was no report. In the future, this was repeated many times. You have something approved by the press service, but give me money for gas, otherwise we will not go. They demanded payment under any pretext, everywhere and always.

It would seem that Iran is an Islamic republic. Strict Sharia norms, medieval punishments, a total ban on booze: except for Armenians, who are allowed to make wine for church ceremonies. But the country has a huge bootlegging network for selling alcohol. It is easy to find everywhere, and everyone knows where to get it. Bootleggers pay the police, and feel great. The same is with prostitution. I was offered women in any hotel, although the lady herself is legally stoning to death for such a thing. “They pay off,” they answered me with a grin. “Both the police and Sharia judges take it.”

The official exchange rate for the dollar is 42,000 Iranian rials. But currency dealers buy it from tourists for 920,000 rials and more. Hand-to-hand currency transactions are not welcome, but I always knew where it was more profitable to hand over dollars. The police do not interfere with this, they are well-fed.

Bribes exist in almost any sphere. This is the norm. Therefore, Israel felt like a fish in water in Iran. It could hire agents everywhere for good money, which was used to destroy the Iranian air defense on the very first day of the attack. Mossad is guided by two rules - what cannot be bought for money can be bought for a lot of money + any, even the most fortified fortress, can be taken by a single donkey loaded with gold. This is what happened. Naturally, the elderly spiritual (and secular too) leader of Iran, 86-year-old Khamenei, does not know about this. He is ill, he is not told bad news. He sincerely thought that everything was wonderful, and all the laws of the Islamic Republic were observed with delight.

Until June 13 came.

And it turned out that the Israelis have long known perfectly well where all the generals live, where the best fighters are located, and where the air defense systems are installed. And all this disappeared in an instant. Simply because the Israelis pay, and pay generously. And the people who take money from them think about patriotism and love for the country last of all.

Although, I was wrong here.
They don't think about it at all.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 16, 2025, Morning Edition

We will produce two updates per day while conditions in the Middle East warrant it. This first update will focus on reports about the strike campaign and identify the areas struck between 6:00PM ET on June 15 and 6:00AM ET on June 16. The second update will cover all events over the previous 24 hours and refine our earlier reports about the strike campaign.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 16, 2025, Evening Edition
Information Cutoff: 6:00PM ET

Iran has maintained its negotiating position on its nuclear program during the Israeli campaign, meaning that Iran does not appear willing to negotiate an end to the Iran-Israel War yet. Western media reported on June 16 that Iran is seeking to “de-escalate tensions” and quoted Arab officials who said that Iranian officials said that Tehran is open to returning to negotiations if the United States does not join the strike.[1] Arab “intermediaries” said that Iran is “not ready to make concessions in nuclear talks,” however.[2] Public statements from Iranian leaders support this claim by Arab intermediaries. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian continued to threaten “severe” responses if the United States failed to restrain Israel and separately defended Iran's “right” to peaceful nuclear energy and research.[3] The Iranian parliament also began to build a proposal to leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty.[4] These responses are presumably non-starters for the United States and Israel. An unspecified Israeli official said prior to the strikes that Iran must end its uranium enrichment at a minimum, which is a position that the Trump administration has also maintained during the negotiations.[5]

An unspecified Iranian diplomat shared a personal, unofficial message with an Iranian diaspora publication that claimed Iranian leaders are willing to “give up uranium enrichment to preserve the regime.”[8] These statements do not reflect official Iranian government positions. The diplomat claimed that the Artesh and IRGC will “lose control of the situation” and that the regime is “ready to negotiate” if it can achieve “face-saving solutions.” He said that he was not speaking as a representative of the Iranian government.

Iran likely calculates that it can impose costs on Israel for Israel's campaign against Iran, but Iran's attacks have been mostly ineffective and do not appear to be influencing Israeli decision making. Iranian officials have continued to threaten a “severe response” to Israeli strikes. Iranian officials appear to design these statements to deter Israel by suggesting Iran can impose costs on Israel, but the lack of Iranian success in actually doing so will presumably diminish the deterrent effect of the statements over time. Iranian missile and drone attacks on Israel have not achieved strategic effects that would influence Israeli decision making. The lack of Iranian success in imposing costs on Israel will presumably further diminish the deterrent effect of the statements over time.

Iran's calculations about continuing the war may change in the coming weeks as Israeli strikes expand and threaten the regime. An Israeli outlet reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Iranian supreme leader that the survival of the Iranian regime is under threat.[9] Putin made the call after a conversation with US President Donald Trump about Russian mediation between Iran and Israel. Israeli strikes have recently expanded to target Iranian internal security and social control institutions, which could threaten regime stability. The current Israeli strikes are probably the most serious threat to regime survival that the Iranian regime has faced since 1979. The supreme leader and his allies could conclude that offering concessions and ending uranium enrichment is necessary if it saves the regime.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) battle damage assessments indicate that Israeli strikes likely damaged or destroyed several thousand centrifuges at Natanz.[14] Satellite imagery confirmed that Israeli airstrikes destroyed the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) and damaged electrical substations and support buildings critical to power supply across the facility.[15] IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told BBC that there is a “great probability” that approximately 14,000 operational centrifuges located at one of the underground halls have been “severely damaged if not destroyed altogether” due to the “sudden loss of external power.”[16] Grossi stated that there has been “very little or no damage” at Fordow. The Fordow site is especially hardened against strikes, as much of the facility extends deep underground.

Israeli airstrikes have reportedly destroyed approximately one-third of Iran's ballistic missile stockpiles and launchers. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Effie Defrin stated that the IDF has destroyed one-third of Iran's ballistic missile launch capabilities.[17] The IDF Air Force said that it has destroyed more than 120 missile launchers since the beginning of Israel's operations.[18] Israeli officials also said that Iran has fired a total of 370 ballistic missiles at Israel as of June 16 at 10:12 am ET, with approximately 30 to 40 missiles in each barrage.[19] Iran reportedly had between 750 and 1,000 ballistic missiles capable of hitting Israel prior to the conflict, which suggests that Iran has expended nearly half or a third of this ballistic missile stockpile.[20] Iran's missile barrages are notably smaller than its previous attack on Israel in October 2024, when Iran launched approximately 100 missiles per barrage.[21] Israeli attacks on its missile launchers and bases are likely hampering Iran's ability to launch large barrages.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 17, 2025, Morning Edition

This update will focus on reports about the strike campaign and identify the areas struck between 6:00 PM ET on June 16 and 6:00 AM ET on June 17.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 17, 2025, Evening Edition
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The IAEA confirmed that Israeli strikes have impacted underground infrastructure at the Natanz nuclear site. This came after the IAEA reported that Israeli strikes have likely damaged or destroyed thousands of centrifuges at Natanz.
Israel has continued striking Iranian military targets, which has likely degraded Iranian missile forces significantly. This degradation is reflected in the decreasing volume of Iranian missile fire at Israel.
Israel has continued striking energy infrastructure and regime sites connected to domestic surveillance and repression. These strikes could reduce the ability of the regime to control the population and, in turn, destabilize it.
US President Donald Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” This came as the United States sent additional forces to the Middle East and could reportedly meet with senior Iranian officials in the coming days to discuss a resolution to the war.
Iran has prepared to fire missiles at US forces if the United States strikes Iran, according to the New York Times. The outlet reported that Iran would first attack US positions in Iraq and then in other unspecified Arab countries, presumably those around the Persian Gulf.
Iranian-backed militias have agreed to attack US forces in Iraq if the United States strikes Iran. These militias are the same ones that conducted around 200 attacks targeting US positions in Iraq and Syria from October 2023 to November 2024.
A senior Houthi official said that the Houthis “will intervene to support Iran against Israel.” The Houthis could support Iran by firing projectiles at US and Israeli targets or resuming attacks targeting international shipping.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 18, 2025, Morning Edition

Israeli strikes have focused on targeting the Iranian missile program in recent hours. Israel has struck several sites tied to missile production, including a site that Iran has expanded significantly in recent years to build weapons for Russia and the so-called “Axis of Resistance.”
Iran downed an Israeli drone around Esfahan. This marks the first confirmed Israeli aircraft that Iran has downed since the Israeli strikes began.
Iran conducted two ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel. The attacks reportedly included around 20 and 30 missiles.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 18, 2025, Evening Edition
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei categorically rejected US President Donald Trump's call for Iran's “unconditional surrender” and threatened to target the United States if the United States intervenes in the Israel-Iran conflict.[1] Khamenei’s statements are consistent with CTP-ISW’s assessment that Iran has maintained its negotiating position on its nuclear program during the Israeli air campaign and does not yet appear willing to negotiate an end to the Israel-Iran War.[2] Khamenei delivered a televised speech on June 18 in which he stated that Iran “will not surrender to anyone in the face of imposition.”[3] Trump called for Iran's “unconditional surrender” in a social media post on June 17.[4] Khamenei described Trump's comments as “unacceptable” and “unwise.”[5] Khamenei also warned that US involvement in the conflict will “undoubtedly cause irreparable damage to [the United States].”[6] The United States is currently deploying additional assets to the Middle East to “provide options to defend US assets and interests.”[7]

The so-called “Axis of Resistance” has continued to threaten retaliation if the United States joins the war against Iran. These threats have come from Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
Israeli strikes have driven Iranian forces to begin firing missiles from central Iran rather than western Iran. Iranian forces will need to use longer-range missiles to reach Israel from the launch sites in central Iran.
Iran is struggling to coordinate large-scale missile strikes targeting Israel due to pressure from Israeli strikes. This is reflected in the volume of recent Iranian missile fire, which has decreased significantly throughout the war.

The Iranian regime appears to be very concerned about internal unrest. An internet monitoring group reported a “near-total internet blackout” across Iran on June 18. The internet disruption has caused many Iranian media outlets to go offline, which limits the amount of information coming from the Iranian domestic information space.[42] The regime has also arrested several individuals whom it claims are “Mossad spies” since the start of the Israeli air campaign on June 12, which further illustrates the regime's growing paranoia about infiltration and heightened concern about internal security threats.[43] The Iranian Parliament passed a bill on June 17 that imposes harsher penalties on individuals who cooperate with “hostile” foreign governments, almost certainly referring to Israel and the United States.[44] The bill defines “cooperation” broadly, including actions such as sending videos or images to foreign media networks that might “weaken public morale or create division.”[45]

Iran has likely taken these steps to crack down on any potential internal unrest and threats to regime stability that Israel's ongoing air campaign against Iran could incite. CTP-ISW previously assessed that Israeli airstrikes on Iran's energy infrastructure will likely worsen Iran's ongoing energy crisis by causing more frequent electricity shortages.[46] Iranians have previously protested against the regime in response to energy shortages and blackouts.[47] Israeli airstrikes have also damaged water infrastructure in northern Tehran, which has led to disruptions in the local water supply. Israeli strikes will also likely impact Iran's already struggling economy, which could stoke internal unrest. The Iranian rial has depreciated by 116,000 rials to one US dollar since the start of the Israeli air campaign on June 12. Reuters reported on June 17 that Iranian oil exports have nearly come to a halt, with a projected 94 percent decline by the end of the week.[48] Residents in Tehran told Iranian opposition media on June 18 that the regime reportedly deployed riot police to Tehran, which underscores the regime's concern about the possibility of internal unrest amid the Israeli air campaign.[49]

The IDF has continued to target the Iranian internal security apparatus. The IAF struck the Law Enforcement Command (LEC) Headquarters in Tehran City on June 18.[50] Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the IAF “destroyed” Iran's “central repressive arm.”[51] The IAF previously struck the LEC Headquarters on June 15.[52] The LEC has many subordinate units, including the Prevention and Operations Police, which commands law enforcement stations across Iran, and Special Units, a highly trained, anti-riot force that deploys when regular police cannot contain civil disorder.[53] Disruption to institutions like the LEC could degrade the regime's ability to maintain internal security and social control. The IAF also reportedly conducted new airstrikes targeting the Shahid Meisami Group in Karaj, Alborz Province.[54] The IAF previously targeted the Shahid Meisami Group on June 16.[55] The United States sanctioned the Shahid Meisami Group in December 2020 for testing and producing chemical agents for use as incapacitation agents.[56] Iran has previously used pharmaceutical-based agents to suppress internal dissent.[57]

Two anti-regime hacker groups conducted cyber attacks on June 18 that targeted Iranian financial and media institutions. Gonjeshke Darande (Predatory Sparrow) targeted Iranian cryptocurrency exchange company Nobitex, “burning” over $90 million of Nobitex holdings.[58] Gonjeshke Darande is a pro-Israel hacker group that has conducted cyber attacks targeting Iranian infrastructure since at least 2021.[59] Gonjeshke Darande claimed that Nobitex enabled the Iranian regime to bypass sanctions and finance the Axis of Resistance.[60] Gonjeshke Darande recently targeted Iranian state-owned Bank Sepah on June 17.[61] The United States sanctioned Bank Sepah in November 2018 for supporting the Iranian Defense Ministry.[62] Bank Sepah users have been unable to access their accounts, process payments, or withdraw cash from ATMs since the cyber attack.[63] The IRGC Cyber Security Command claimed that it thwarted several Israeli cyber attacks on Iran's banking network on June 17.[64] The command stated that cyber attacks disrupted services at two banks.[65] The cyber attacks on Iranian financial institutions come amid already dire economic conditions in Iran. An unidentified group separately hacked Iranian state TV and broadcasted anti-government videos calling on Iranian citizens to ”take to the streets.”[66] Iran's Information and Communications Ministry announced a temporary restriction on internet access following the cyber attack.[67]

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Iran Update Special Report, June 19, 2025, Morning Edition

The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) has struck several Iranian nuclear facilities since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff at 5:00 PM ET on June 18. The IDF struck the Arak Heavy Water Reactor in Markazi Province on June 19.[2] Iran began construction of the heavy water reactor in 1997, but the reactor never became operational.[3] Heavy water reactors produce plutonium as a byproduct, which can be used to create nuclear weapons.[4] Iran agreed to redesign the facility to alleviate international concerns about possible plutonium production as part of the 2015 nuclear deal.[5] The IDF said that it struck the facility due to its capacity to support the production of plutonium-based nuclear weapons.[6] Iran has pursued a uranium-based, not plutonium-based, nuclear program. The IDF separately struck a storage facility in Natanz, Esfahan Province. The IDF said that the storage facility contained equipment that Iran could use to develop nuclear weapons.[7] Previous Israeli airstrikes on the Natanz Enrichment Complex directly impacted the complex’s underground enrichment facilities.[8]

The IDF has struck at least six Iranian Ghadir radars since June 12, according to commercially available satellite imagery. Ghadir radars reportedly have the ability to detect aircraft from 1,100 kilometers away.
An Iranian ballistic missile struck the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Iranian ballistic missile attacks on Israel since CTP-ISW’s last data cutoff have injured over 200 individuals. The Israeli defense minister warned that Israel will intensify its attacks on Iran following the strike on the Soroka Medical Center.

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Iran Update Special Report, June 19, 2025, Evening Edition
Information Cutoff: 5:00 PM ET

Commercially available satellite imagery shows that the IDF targeted the Sanjarian site in Tehran Province on June 18. Former UN weapons inspector David Albright stated on June 19 that Israeli strikes “completely destroyed” four buildings at the Sanjarian site and may have caused “collateral damage” near the site.[19] The site served as a key facility in Iran’s Amad Project, which was Iran’s nuclear weapons program before 2003. Iran used the Sanjarian site to conduct high explosive tests in specialized chambers.[20] The Institute for Science and International Security previously reported that Iran increased activity at two nuclear sites in late 2024 that were previously used for high explosive testing, including the Sanjarian site.[21] Iran also “reactivated and accelerated” activities at the Golab Dareh nuclear site in Tehran Province in late 2024.[22]

Iranian officials have expressed interest in negotiating an end to the Israel-Iran conflict but have not moderated their negotiating positions from before the conflict. Iranian proposals that do not fulfill US demands, such as the US demand for zero Iranian uranium enrichment, will likely preclude Iran from reaching a new nuclear deal with the United States and a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran War.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Karami as the IRGC Ground Forces commander on June 19. Khamenei’s appointment of Karami may reflect regime concerns about potential domestic unrest, given that Karami has previously been involved in suppressing internal dissent.
Iran has continued its ballistic missile campaign despite the IDF’s claims that it has destroyed between one-half and two-thirds of Iran’s missile launchers. Iran has launched more advanced missiles targeting Israel since June 18.
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias continue to threaten retaliation if the United States joins the Israel-Iran War. The Kataib Hezbollah spokesperson warned on June 19, for example, that US participation in the war would trigger attacks on US bases in the region, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al Mandab, and the closure of ports in the Red Sea.

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