IDF Destroys IRGC Space HQ and Khayyam Satellite Command in Tehran

Israeli strikes on Day 9 destroy the IRGC Space and Satellite Headquarters in Tehran — the command-and-control centre for the Khayyam satellite, launched by Iran in August 2022 and used to conduct persistent surveillance of Israel and the broader region. Khayyam was Iran's most significant overhead intelligence asset against Israel, providing imagery unavailable through any other means. Its command node's destruction eliminates Iran's real-time satellite surveillance capability. In the same wave, the IDF struck 50 ammunition bunkers at an internal security forces base, a Basij paramilitary HQ, the internal security forces headquarters, and an IRGC Ground Forces compound. Striking the Basij — the regime's internal repression apparatus — carries a dual message: military degradation and a signal to Iranian civil society that the coercive infrastructure keeping the regime in power is being dismantled from above.

Key facts

• •IRGC Space and Satellite HQ destroyed — command centre for Khayyam surveillance satellite
• •Khayyam (launched August 2022) was Iran's primary overhead intelligence asset against Israel
• •50 ammunition bunkers at internal security forces base also destroyed
• •Basij paramilitary HQ and internal security HQ struck — regime repression apparatus targeted
• •IRGC Ground Forces compound hit in same wave