As part of ongoing efforts to secure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, four key sites of the IRGC Navy have been heavily hit with airstrikes within the past week. Targeting these four inland sites resulted in the destruction of weapons, attack boats, ammunition, and senior IRGC naval operatives. 1.IRGC Navy Headquarters in Tehran. On 16 March 2026, the IDF announced the dismantling of the IRGC Navy’s headquarters in the Doshan Tappeh district of Tehran. 2.IRGC’s Missile Command infrastructure. On 16 March 2026, US CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper announced the destruction of “8 buildings used to produce light and heavyweight torpedoes” at the Yazd military depot. 3.IRGC Navy’s Ammunition Command HQ in Malusjan. Ground photos show large explosions rising from inside the base on 17 March 2026. 4.IRGC Navy’s Shahid Athari-Nejad Barracks in the 7th Tactical Air Base in Shiraz. 11 storage buildings for fast attack vessels and other threats were damaged by airstrikes shown in Sentinel-2 imagery
@Copernicus on 14 March 2026.
