IDF strikes multiple military infrastructure sites across Tehran — IRGC Security Unit HQ, ballistic missile command center, air defense systems destroyed

The Israel Defense Forces announced on the morning of March 18 that it had struck numerous military and security infrastructure sites across Tehran in an overnight campaign. Identified targets hit: - IRGC Security Unit headquarters, which the IDF said was responsible for suppressing protests and riots inside Iran - A ballistic missile command center - A maintenance center of the General Logistics and Support Department of Internal Security Forces - Multiple Iranian air defense systems - Additional command centers and ballistic missile-related infrastructure The strikes represent a major escalation from purely military hardware targeting to deliberately degrading Iran domestic security and regime stability apparatus — the IRGC Security Unit is the body that physically suppresses internal protests and civil unrest. Targeting air defense systems is also operationally significant, reducing Iran ability to intercept future Israeli strikes. The campaign builds on the IDF overnight assassination of Intelligence Minister Khatib and the previous-day killing of security chief Larijani and Basij commander Soleimani, forming a sustained multi-day decapitation and infrastructure dismantlement campaign across Tehran.