Analyst Hananel Aviv assesses that the US military opened a broad wave of strikes after the World Cup finals, expanding the campaign to Tabriz in northwestern Iran, where underground missile sites were targeted. Footage attributed to the strikes shows damage in southern Iran and the missile sites in Tabriz, according to Aviv's report.
The assessment by analyst Hananel Aviv, posted early Monday, frames the latest US strikes on Iran as a new broad wave launched after the World Cup finals. Aviv states that the campaign expanded to Tabriz, where underground missile sites — referred to as 'missile city openings' — were attacked. He cites footage attributed to the strikes showing damage in southern Iran and the Tabriz sites.
This builds on The Zioneer's earlier reporting in the same thread: at 02:18 Jerusalem, explosions were first reported in Tabriz and Khorramabad as part of a US military-announced new wave of strikes. Minutes later, at 02:18, unverified footage showed ongoing strikes in Tabriz, and by 02:18 a missile site in Tabriz was reported on fire after a US airstrike. Additional reports at 02:23 and 02:50 confirmed explosions and a burning missile site. The analyst's claim that the targeted sites were underground missile openings adds a new layer of specificity to what was previously reported as a strike on a missile site.
As The Zioneer reported earlier, the US air campaign has expanded from coastal targets to a nationwide offensive, with strikes on June 10 and 11 hitting Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Yazd, and Ahvaz. The analyst has previously assessed that the US is escalating its strikes to include towns in Khuzestan province, framing the campaign as a 'ring of fire' around the Strait of Hormuz.
The credibility of the footage and the specific claim about underground missile sites have not been independently verified. The analyst's assessment is based on attributed footage and his own analysis of the ongoing campaign.
7 developments
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