“We are ahead of plan”

Despite the political and military dismantling of the regime as a result of the continuous bombings, the Islamic Republic maintains its wave of retaliatory attacks throughout the Persian Gulf. This morning, Saudi Arabia shot down ten drones and two projectiles – a previous offensive would have reached CIA headquarters in Riyadhaccording to The Washington Post– while the Revolutionary Guard, according to a statement read on state television, claimed to have launched 40 missiles against American and Israeli targets.

The Government of Qatar said it had received an attack against the Al Udeid military base, which houses US troops. Authorities reported that one of the two missiles launched from Iranian territory hit the facilities, although Washington has not yet confirmed it. Around the US consulate in Dubai, another Shahed drone caused slight damage.

Admiral Brad Cooper, head of Central Command, has detailed that 50,000 US military personnel, 200 aircraft and two aircraft carriers are participating in the operation. Epic Fury and in some 2,000 attacks launched “from the sea to cyberspace.” “My overall operational assessment is that we are ahead of our plan,” he said in a video. “We focus on bringing down the things that can bring us down.”

The Israeli Air Force has claimed responsibility this Wednesday for new attacks against military installations of the Iranian regime and against targets of the Basij, the key paramilitary militia in the internal security forces of the Islamic Republic. It has also intensified bombings on Lebanon, where Tel Aviv has deployed military personnel on the ground to combat the Shiite group Hezbollah.

The Israeli Defense Minister has promised to eliminate the new leader of the ayatollahs – the favorite is Khamenei’s son, who could be elected this Wednesday – if he does not amend the ideological doctrine championed by his predecessor for almost four decades. Yesterday, its Army claimed responsibility for a precision attack against the Assembly of Experts, Iran’s most important religious body, although the details and whether there were fatalities are unknown.

According to the think tank Institute for the Study of War, the allied bombing campaign aims to destroy Iran’s ballistic capabilities before consuming all its interceptors and air defense munitions. “The decline in Iranian missile attacks against Israel and the United Arab Emirates suggests that the effort to destroy ballistic missile launchers has had considerable success,” the latest report explains.