IDF reveals overnight Tehran strike hit underground IRGC ballistic missile R&D complex at Imam Hossein University

The IDF revealed details of its overnight Tehran strike wave, confirming it struck a subterranean weapons research and development complex at Imam Hossein University — the IRGC's military academy in eastern Tehran. 'At this complex, the IDF struck an underground route where the armed forces of the IRGC conducted experiments and tests for ballistic missile development and production processes,' the military said. The strike on an underground IRGC weapons R&D facility is significant: it suggests the IDF and US intelligence had mapped Iran's subterranean military infrastructure and possessed munitions capable of penetrating it. Imam Hossein University is the IRGC's premier military-academic institution, responsible for training IRGC officers and conducting weapons research across multiple disciplines. In addition to the R&D complex, the IDF said it struck infrastructure at the main headquarters of the Quds Force — the IRGC's extraterritorial arm that coordinates Hezbollah, Hamas, PMF, and Houthi operations — along with other weapons production sites and air defense systems. The IDF framed the strikes as 'part of a new stage of the war aimed at deepening the blow to the core arrays of the Iranian terror regime and its foundations.' The targeting of ballistic missile development infrastructure directly addresses Iran's primary offensive capability — the missiles that have struck Israel's cities daily since the war began.