IRGC: Hundreds of US, Israeli targets struck in first week of Op. True Promise 4

The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran’s Armed Forces have carried out extensive missile and drone strikes during the first week of Operation True Promise 4 in response to the Israeli-American aggression.

Speaking on Saturday, Brigadier General Ali-Mohammad Naeini said the reprisal struck hundreds of American- and Israeli-linked targets and shifted the regional balance of power.

The spokesman described the attacks as part of a coordinated, multi-domain campaign conducted through sustained missile and drone strikes across the region.

“The Armed Forces, during the first week of the battle, altered the balance of power in the region by implementing a multilayered offensive strategy.”

'Massive missile, drone reprisal destroyed 200 American, Israeli targets'

According to Naeini, the scale of the operations involved a high tempo combining missiles and unmanned aerial systems.

“Statistics indicate that 600 missile operations, including various ballistic and cruise missiles using solid and liquid fuel, and 2,600 drone operations have been carried out,” he stated.

He said the attacks focused on key facilities connected to US military infrastructure and Israeli strategic sites.

“In these attacks, more than 200 sensitive locations at US military bases and critical facilities of the Zionist regime were targeted and destroyed with high precision.”

Naeini highlighted the intensity of the early stages of the campaign.

“A noteworthy point is that the volume of the fire launched in just the first three days was equal to the total volume of firepower deployed throughout the entire 12-day war.”

He was referring to Iran’s reprisal campaign following a previous round of Israeli-American aggression last June.

US-linked targets across the region

Naeini said a significant portion of the operations focused on American military infrastructure and assets in the region.

He stated that several major US military facilities were repeatedly targeted with heavy missile and drone fire.

“The headquarters of the United States Fifth Fleet and the strategic al‑Udeid Airbase, along with the al-Dhafra Airbase and Sheikh Isa Airbase, were repeatedly subjected to heavy missile and drone fire.”

The United States Fifth Fleet and the Sheikh Isa Airbase are located in Bahrain, while al-Udeid and al-Dhafra are situated in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates respectively.

'17 vessels belonging to US, Israel, allies targeted'

Naeini also said maritime assets linked to the United States and its allies were hit during the campaign.

“The heavy operational wave this afternoon delivered crushing blows to the front of global arrogance. So far, 17 vessels belonging to the United States, the Zionist regime, and their allies have been hit.”

Advanced radar systems destroyed

The spokesman also described an operation targeting high-value US-linked surveillance and missile-defense infrastructure.

“The Armed Forces, in a precise and highly advanced operation, succeeded in paralyzing the defensive and intelligence infrastructure of the United States and the Zionist regime in the region.”

He said several advanced radar systems forming part of the regional air-defense network were destroyed.

Among them, he cited a strategic radar known as the “Desert Eye” at al‑Udeid, valued at $1 billion. a THAAD radar deployed at the Muwaffaq Salti Airbase in Jordan, valued at $500 million, and another advanced radar valued at $800 million

According to Naeini, the destruction of these systems severely weakened regional monitoring and interception capabilities.

“With the destruction of these key radars and THAAD systems, a large portion of the US monitoring, interception, and air-defense network in the region has been disabled, effectively bringing down the security umbrella that had been built at enormous cost over many years.”

He added that the loss of these systems created a strategic blind spot.

“This radar blindness means that the region’s airspace is now open for the next waves of Iran’s powerful attacks.”

Israeli targets inside occupied territories

The spokesman said the campaign also focused heavily on strategic sites inside the occupied territories.

According to the official, key bureaucratic and military command centers were targeted, including the Israeli army’s general staff headquarters and the ministry of war.

He said a number of critical installations were also hit with precision strikes.

“Vital points such as the Ben Gurion airport, Ramat David airbase, the warship anchorage in [the occupied port of] Haifa, and military-industrial complexes in Beit Shemesh and Ashdod were struck with precision.”

'Settlers' lives turned into nightmare'

Naeini said the continued attacks had imposed heavy psychological pressure on the illegal Israeli settlers.

“This relentless operational pressure has turned life in the occupied territories into a permanent nightmare of [having to constantly flee into] shelters and [persistently blaring] sirens.”

'Enemy to be pushed to brink of collapse'

He said the Islamic Republic's retaliation would continue to intensify.

“This offensive trend will continue with increasing intensity and will push the enemy’s defensive structures to the brink of total collapse.”

Summing up the situation, Naeini said the developments of the past week had contradicted the expectations of Iran’s adversaries.

“In the past week, we have witnessed several strategic failures by the enemy,” he said, adding that Washington and Tel Aviv had mistakenly believed the confrontation would end quickly.

“The enemy believed the war would end within three days and that a regional and international coalition would form against Iran, but it instead faced a massive popular response,” he said, pointing to the millions-strong rallies that have ensued initiation of the foreign aggression.

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