Commercial satellite imagery is revealing the scale of damage to Iranian military facilities after a coordinated U.S.-Israeli campaign that began with a daytime strike on Tehran. The initial attacks struck the Leadership House in central Tehran; smoke lingered around Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound after an assault that killed the supreme leader.
Photos from multiple satellite providers show strikes across Iran. Imagery captured burning vessels at the Konarak naval base in the south and damage at a nearby airbase, where hardened aircraft shelters appear to have been hit by precision munitions. Additional images show destroyed structures at a local drone base.
U.S. forces have focused on Iranian naval assets. President Trump said he had been briefed that U.S. forces sank nine Iranian vessels; U.S. Central Command confirmed it struck an Iranian warship in port but did not immediately corroborate that total. Satellite pictures of Konarak show at least one ship burning while moored.
Iran’s long-range missiles are largely stored inside mountain tunnel complexes. Satellite shots from northern Iran indicate some of those tunnel sites were struck during the opening wave of attacks.
Iran struck back across the region, launching drones and missiles toward Israel and U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Many incoming weapons were intercepted, but video and local reports indicate some penetrated defenses and caused damage in Gulf countries; Dubai authorities said debris from an Iranian drone struck and damaged the Burj Al Arab.
Imagery also captured large crowds of mourners in Tehran’s Enghelab Square following Khamenei’s death. Iran declared 40 days of mourning. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters Iran will continue to fight “foreign aggression, foreign domination.”
A White House official told NPR that President Trump plans to speak with Iran’s interim leadership “eventually,” and said U.S. operations in the region continue “unabated.”