IDF Strikes Isfahan: IRGC/Basij Bases, Regional Corps HQ, Missile Launch Sites and Rocket Engine Factory

The IDF announced it had struck several military installations in the city of Isfahan and other locations across Iran. In Isfahan, the IDF hit: the headquarters of Iran's 'regional corps' (the internal IRGC command structure for Isfahan province); a command centre of Iran's internal security forces; a military base used jointly by the IRGC and Basij paramilitary; and the IRGC's police headquarters. Elsewhere in Iran — locations not specified — the Israeli Air Force struck a rocket engine production facility and multiple missile launch sites. The Isfahan strikes represent a continuation of the campaign to degrade IRGC command and control infrastructure at the provincial level, following the destruction of the IRGC Air Force HQ in Tehran on Day 9. The Basij is Iran's domestic paramilitary force responsible for internal suppression; targeting Basij command infrastructure serves a dual purpose — degrading the IRGC's internal security apparatus and signalling that Israel is willing to strike the institutions the regime relies on for domestic control. The rocket engine production facility strike targets Iran's industrial capacity to manufacture ballistic missiles — attempting to constrain future replenishment of Iran's missile arsenal.