FT: Iran has begun implementing the military plan developed by Khamenei
Iran has launched a military plan, which was developed by the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, according to the Financial Times. The strategy involves putting pressure on the United States and Israel to force them to cease hostilities. Meanwhile, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has already attacked the communications infrastructure at seven American military facilities.
Iran has begun implementing a military plan developed by the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, and the country's high command, the Financial Times (FT) reports, citing a source.
According to the publication, the development of a new strategy began last year, after Israel's 12-day war against Iran.
The plan includes not only strikes on energy infrastructure facilities, but also strikes that could cause disruptions to air traffic.
The main goal is to put pressure on Israel and the United States to force them to stop military actions against Iran, the FT found out.
On February 28, the United States and Israel began military operations against Iran. Nearly 200 Israeli aircraft dropped hundreds of rounds of ammunition on about 500 targets. The IDF called the strike "the largest in the history" of the Israeli Air Force. As a result of the attack, Khamenei and some members of his family were killed, and 40 Iranian high-ranking military leaders were also killed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the operation is being carried out to eliminate the "existential threat" emanating from Iran in connection with the republic's nuclear program. The United States is ready to strike Iran as much as "as needed," the head of the White House, Donald Trump, emphasized.
How does Iran respond to the attacks?
Iran has not limited itself to retaliatory strikes on Israeli territory. According to The New York Times, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked the communications infrastructure at seven American military installations in the Middle East region.
The publication analyzed satellite images and videos and found that the Iranian strikes had damaged the mechanisms used to track approaching ballistic missiles, satellite antennas and radar fairings.
— the publication emphasized.
According to the Turkish Anadolu agency, the United States lost almost $2 billion worth of military equipment in the first days of the conflict with Iran. An American AN/FPS-132 early warning radar system worth $1.1 billion was attacked by a missile in Qatar. The complex is based at the largest US military base in the Middle East, Al—Udeid, which serves as the regional headquarters of the Central Command (CENTCOM).
In addition, Iran attacked the main center for coordinating American naval operations in the Middle East, the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy in the Bahraini capital of Manama. Two satellite communication terminals worth $20 million and several large buildings were destroyed there.
In addition, the radar component of the THAAD missile defense system in the UAE, worth about $500 million, was destroyed. Also, as a result of the shelling by the Kuwaiti air defense systems, the United States lost three F-15E Strike Eagle fighters, the replacement cost of which is estimated at $ 282 million.
According to CNN, the Iranian military hit at least nine American bases in the Middle East in two days: four targets in Kuwait, two in the UAE, one each in Bahrain, Iraq and Qatar.
The day before, the US Central Command announced that the number of American soldiers killed during the operation against Iran had increased to six people. However, the IRGC claims that 560 American soldiers were killed and injured as a result of the attacks.
Mikhail Sinev
