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IDF destroys Khamenei's underground command bunker — 50 jets, 100 bombs, Tehran leadership complex

·Tehran, Iran

Israeli Air Force destroys the underground bunker beneath Iran's 'leadership complex' in central Tehran — built as Khamenei's emergency war command facility, unused since his assassination on Day 1. 50 IAF jets dropped approximately 100 bombs. IDF intelligence directorate Unit 8200 and Unit 9900 mapped the site over years. Iranian regime officials had continued using the compound after Khamenei's death.

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday morning that the Israeli Air Force had destroyed the underground bunker of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. Some 50 IAF fighter jets dropped approximately 100 bombs on the site. The IDF said the bunker was located beneath Iran's 'leadership complex' in Tehran, spreading across multiple streets and including 'many entry points and rooms for gatherings of senior members of the Iranian terror regime.' In a statement, the IDF said: 'The underground bunker was built beneath the compound and was a secure emergency asset for managing the war by the leader, who was eliminated before he managed to use it. After Khamenei's assassination, the compound continued to be used by senior Iranian regime officials.' The IDF credited Unit 8200 (signals intelligence) and Unit 9900 (visual intelligence) with mapping the site over a years-long effort. The strike is part of what one source called Operation Roaring Lion — a series of precision strikes on Iranian leadership infrastructure. No immediate comment from Iran. The IDF has struck locations at Iran's leadership complex several times since the war began: the opening strike killed Khamenei himself, a follow-up killed eight senior officials, and Tuesday's strikes hit the presidential bureau and Supreme National Security headquarters.
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Actor responses

IsraelSUPPORTINGOFFICIAL_STATEMENT

IAF destroyed the underground bunker beneath Iran's leadership complex — Khamenei's emergency war command facility. 50 jets, 100 bombs. The regime's inner sanctum is gone.

IranOPPOSINGSTATEMENT

Israel's destruction of Iranian historical and governmental sites will not break the will of the Iranian people or the resistance.

United StatesSUPPORTINGSTATEMENT

CENTCOM welcomes IDF strike on leadership compound bunker. Systematic destruction of Iranian command infrastructure continues.

Sources

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T1The Guardian liveblog95% reliability
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Donald J. Trump@@realDonaldTrumpHIGH

Iran is being DEMOLISHED. Their missiles are down 90%. Their bunkers are GONE. Their navy is at the bottom of the ocean. Nobody has EVER seen anything like this. MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN — but only after they surrender!

Iranian Foreign Ministry@@IRIMFA_ENHIGH

Iran condemns destruction of the national leadership compound. This act against Iranian sovereignty will be answered. The Iranian nation stands united.

CNN Breaking News@@CNNbrkHIGH

BREAKING: US-Israeli strikes killed more than 1,200 in Iran, 120+ in Lebanon since conflict began. IDF: Iran missile rate down 90% from Day 1. Khamenei bunker destroyed.

Natasha Bertrand@@NatashaBertrandHIGH

Senior Israeli official on the bunker strike: Nobody could have expected such smooth execution. IDF claims Khamenei never reached his emergency bunker before he was killed. Today it was destroyed.

Israeli PM Office@@IsraeliPMHIGH

The IDF has destroyed Khamenei last command post. The leadership complex is dismantled. The Iranian regime military architecture is collapsing.

Haaretz@@haaretzHIGH

IDF destroys underground bunker beneath Iran leadership compound. Mapped by Unit 8200 and 9900. The leader was eliminated before he managed to use it.

Barak Ravid@@BarakRavidBREAKING

BREAKING: IDF releases footage of the Khamenei underground bunker strike. IDF says it was built as his emergency war command facility — he was killed before he could use it. Unit 8200 mapped it for years.

IDF Arabic@@IDFFarsiBREAKING

BREAKING: IAF destroyed the underground bunker of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei beneath Tehran leadership complex. 50 jets. 100 bombs. The inner sanctum is gone.

Reuters@@ReutersHIGH

Day 7: IDF destroys Khamenei bunker. Iran fires 20 missiles at Tel Aviv — 5 hurt. Sidon struck. Qatar warns energy crisis. Senior Israeli official: campaign much better than expected.

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