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2026-04-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

IDF Strikes Tehran Airports, Destroying Dozens Of Iranian Aircraft, also 2 petrochemical plants, more key people killed

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Posted by badanov 2026-04-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1882 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

1 Vodkapundit wrote some interesting things in a piece published yesterday:

An interesting tidbit: a pair of unverified rumors that lean into today's news. The first — and quite persistent — is that Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani is an Israeli asset. Quds Force specializes in unconventional warfare, international terrorism, and military intelligence. Qaani became head following President Donald Trump's assassination of former chief Qasem Soleimani in 2020.

The second rumor is that Khademi was heading up an internal investigation of Qaani before getting blown up. If there's any substance to these rumors, you can imagine the chaos right now inside Quds and the IRGC as a whole.

But again, these are merely rumors.

Not a rumor is OSINTechnical's report on Monday that another recent strike also killed Yazdan Mir, "leader of the Quds Force's Unit 840, a covert operational group responsible for conducting clandestine activities outside of Iran."

Tehran played the ballistic missile/drone-strike card early in the war — and as everyone assumed they would — but to rapidly diminishing returns. The regime's next card, perhaps its last card, would be launching waves of terrorist strikes in the U.S., Israel, and elsewhere. Those could be anything from suicide bombers to gunmen shooting up malls, to repeats of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror invasion of Israel.

It's the card many of us have dreaded from the start.

While I wouldn't relax just yet, Mir's death may hinder Tehran's ability to trigger sleeper cells in foreign countries, particularly if the IRGC has genuine doubts about Qaani's reliability. Killing Khademi sends another signal to the people of Iran that we're serious about eliminating Tehran's tools of oppression.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-07 04:17|| 2026-04-07 04:17|| Front Page Top

2 "The regime's next card, perhaps its last card, would be launching waves of terrorist strikes in the U.S., Israel, and elsewhere. Those could be anything from suicide bombers to gunmen shooting up malls"

See Pearl Harbor & 9/11 for how angry this country gets attacks on the US.

Posted by Chantry 2026-04-07 08:26|| 2026-04-07 08:26|| Front Page Top

3 A bit surprising that this wasn't done until now.

Perhaps, the IDF wanted to give the regime the option of exile but now wants to prevent the use of those aircraft in the coming internal conflict.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-04-07 10:54|| 2026-04-07 10:54|| Front Page Top

4 Reports: Explosions Heard at Kharg Island, Iran’s Critical Oil Export Site

Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-07 12:14|| 2026-04-07 12:14|| Front Page Top

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