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Military & Defense Industrial Sites
26 documented incidents
- Feb 28 Leadership House Compound, Tehran: Military The opening attack targeted the Leadership House, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials including Ali Shamkhani and General Abdolrahim Mousavi. [Wikipedia]
- Mar 2 onward Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan — five provinces: Military Beginning 2 March, a distinct air campaign was waged across Iran's Kurdish region, accounting for roughly one-fifth of all US-Israeli airstrikes in the war. At least 180 military bases and security facilities were destroyed across Kermanshah, Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Ilam and Lorestan provinces. Kermanshah received the second-highest number of attacks of any province in Iran, after Tehran. Unlike the campaign elsewhere — which concentrated on missiles, naval bases and nuclear sites — the Kurdish strikes prioritised border guard posts along the Iran–Iraq frontier, IRGC barracks and headquarters, Basij militia facilities, police stations, and intelligence and internal security installations: the apparatus of internal control rather than external warfighting. Analysts identified three aims: weakening Iran's border defences against Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq, degrading the capacity to suppress Kurdish unrest, and disrupting surveillance of activists. One assessment held that the strikes may have 'paved the way for a Kurdish advance'. The campaign intensified between 2 and 4 March, coinciding with statements by President Trump about discussions with Kurdish opposition parties. Before the war the region held roughly 1,800 checkpoints; in 2016 the western provinces were removed from the interior ministry's authority and placed directly under IRGC and Basij command. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan; Hengaw; Euractiv]
- Mar 2–Apr At least 40 sites, Sanandaj: Military At least 40 separate sites were bombed in Sanandaj, several of them repeatedly — the most concentrated bombardment of any city in the Kurdish region. Named targets included the Intelligence Department Complex, the Shahramfar IRGC Headquarters, and multiple police facilities. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
- Mar 3 Supreme National Security Council HQ, Tehran: Military Destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, along with the Expediency Discernment Council building and what Israeli officials described as an underground nuclear facility. [Wikipedia]
- Mar 2 onward Iranian forces relocated to schools and mosques: Dual-use (contested) Reports indicate Iranian forces relocated personnel to schools and mosques ahead of many strikes in the Kurdish region. Recorded here because it cuts against both parties: using schools and places of worship to shelter combatants is itself a violation of international humanitarian law and strips those sites of their protection, while it does not relieve an attacking force of its obligations of distinction and proportionality. It is also relevant to assessing strikes on educational buildings in the region. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
- Early Mar Ballistic missile base, Kermanshah: Military Satellite imagery confirmed the destruction of the missile base at Kermanshah. Kermanshah province received the second-highest number of strikes in Iran after Tehran, with concentrated attacks on the northern Sunni-Kurdish districts of Javanrud, Ravansar and Paveh, as well as Sarpol-e Zahab, Kerend-e Gharb, Eslamabad-e Gharb and Qasr-e Shirin. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan; IDF]
- Early Mar Army garrison and industrial towns, Urmia: Military An army garrison at Urmia was targeted, along with industrial towns in the county and the district governor's office. Strikes across West Azerbaijan also hit Bukan, Mahabad, Oshnavieh and Piranshahr. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war; Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
- Early Mar Basij checkpoint, Tabriz: Military An airstrike on a Basij checkpoint in Tabriz killed 13 fighters and injured 18. Missile sites in and around the city were also struck. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
- Early Mar IRGC Mi-17 helicopter destroyed, Sanandaj Airport: Military The Israeli Air Force struck and destroyed an IRGC Mi-17 helicopter at Sanandaj Airport, and targeted Basij operatives in western Iran. [Jerusalem Post]
- Mar Border posts and security facilities across Ilam and Lorestan: Military Strikes across Ilam province hit Ilam city, Sarabbagh, Badreh, Mehran, Darreshahr, Dehloran, Lumar and surrounding villages; in Lorestan they hit Khorramabad, Borujerd, Nurabad, Kuhdasht, Aleshtar and Rumeshkan County. Targets were predominantly border guard posts along the Iran–Iraq frontier, IRGC barracks and internal security installations. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
- Mar IRGC barracks at Baneh, Saqqez, Marivan and Piranshahr: Military IRGC barracks and border positions were struck at Baneh, Saqqez, Marivan and Piranshahr in Kurdistan province and along the Iraqi frontier. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
- Mar 9 Resalat Neighbourhood Basij Building, Tehran: Dual-use (contested) An airstrike destroyed a Basij-affiliated building alongside three adjacent residential buildings, resulting in 40–50 deaths. BBC analysis identified Israeli Mark 82 bombs. [Wikipedia]
- Mar 24 Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr: Military Targeted alongside nearby defense production sites in Isfahan province. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 27 Siranband Border Outpost, Kurdistan Province: Military Struck as part of the late-March wave targeting logistics and border facilities. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 28 Marine Industries Organization (MIO), Tehran: Military Struck as part of the naval-industrial targeting wave. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 28 SADRA (Iran Marine Industrial Company), Bushehr: Military Struck on the same day as the Bushehr airport. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 28 Parchin Military Complex, Tehran: Military Targeted multiple times in late March for its role in advanced munitions and explosives research. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Apr 5 F-15E recovery operation, Northwestern Iran: Military A US operation to recover the second crew member of an F-15E downed on April 3 resulted in damage to helicopters, the shootdown of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, the destruction of two C-130 Hercules aircraft, and three IRGC members killed. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
- May 7 Strikes at the Strait and across Hormozgan province: Dual-use (contested) Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire after strikes on two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and on coastal areas of Hormozgan province. US CENTCOM said the strikes were 'self-defence' following attacks on three destroyers. The two accounts are irreconcilable and no independent verification has been published. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran war ceasefire; CENTCOM]
- May 25 Missile launch sites and small boats, Bandar Abbas: Military US forces struck missile launch sites and Iranian boats 'attempting to emplace mines' at Bandar Abbas, describing the strikes as self-defence. ACLED also recorded US strikes through May and June at Bandar-e Lengeh, Kong, Qeshm Island and the Shahid Raahbar naval base. [ACLED; Wikipedia – 2026 Iran war ceasefire]
- Jul 8 Over 80 military targets, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr: Military The opening wave of the July re-escalation. The US struck more than 80 military targets with precision munitions at Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, killing 8 Iranian air force and navy personnel. Trump declared the ceasefire 'over', saying: 'This is in retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!' The trigger was an IRGC attack on three commercial vessels — the Al Rekayyat, Wedyan and Cyprus Prosperity — in the Strait of Hormuz on 6 July. The underlying dispute is over the fifth clause of the June memorandum: Iran claims sole authority over passage arrangements in the strait; the US insists on unfettered international access. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8; CENTCOM]
- Jul 8 Maritime control tower and depot, Chabahar: Dual-use (contested) A maritime control tower and a depot at Chabahar were struck as part of the 90-target second wave on 8 July, alongside air defence systems, coastal surveillance, missile and drone storage and naval capabilities at Konarak, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas and Iranshahr. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8]
- Jul 9 Around 90 military targets across southern Iran: Military US strikes hit roughly 90 military targets at Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Kuhestak, Chabahar, Jask, Abu Musa Island, Konarak, Bushehr province and Iranshahr. Iran retaliated against US facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, striking Patriot systems, a satellite antenna and fuel depots at Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain. [Al Jazeera, Jul 9]
- Jul 15 Coastal defence and cruise missile sites, Greater Tunb Island: Military A 90-minute US bombing wave struck coastal defence and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island, near the Strait of Hormuz and believed to host a naval base. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
- Jul 15 Bampur garrison, near Iranshahr: Military Seven soldiers were killed and several wounded when the Bampur garrison in Sistan and Baluchestan was struck; soldiers' accommodation blocks and guard posts were hit. Striking accommodation blocks rather than operational infrastructure is lawful against combatants, but it is a distinct choice from the coastal-defence targeting that characterised the opening nights of the wave. [Al Jazeera, Jul 15]
- Jul 16 Command centres and air defences across nine cities: Military The sixth consecutive night of US strikes, hitting command centres, air defence sites, missile and drone capabilities and coastal surveillance at Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, Chabahar, Konarak, Rask, Khondab, Khorramabad and Semnan. At least 8 people were killed and 20 wounded. These were the first strikes of the July wave to reach northern Iran and the area near Tehran, undercutting characterisations of the campaign as restrained and confined to the southern coast. An Iranian military spokesman warned the war 'will spread to new areas' if strikes continued. Iran struck US facilities in Kuwait (Ali Al Salem — radar, Patriot systems and fuel tanks, with 32 drones reported), Jordan (Al-Azraq — 8 missiles intercepted), and Bahrain (Sheikh Isa), and sent five drones at Erbil in Iraq. In Qatar, a child was injured by shrapnel. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
Summary:An April 8 White House accounting stated the U.S. military struck more than 13,000 targets in Iran during the first 38 days, including 2,000+ command-and-control, 1,500 air-defense, and 1,450 industrial-base targets. The opening strikes killed the Supreme Leader and much of Iran's senior military and political leadership. A distinct campaign — roughly one-fifth of all strikes — was waged across Iran's Kurdish provinces from 2 March, destroying 180+ facilities and concentrating not on missiles or nuclear sites but on border posts, Basij militia bases, police stations and intelligence headquarters: the machinery of internal control. Kermanshah was the second-most-struck province after Tehran. Hengaw put military deaths there at ~1,600 by 2 April, and analysts suggested the strikes may have 'paved the way for a Kurdish advance'. Strikes continued at lower intensity through the nominal ceasefire and resumed at scale on July 8. [CENTCOM; White House; Hengaw; ACLED; Al Jazeera]