The Islamic Republic of Iran Army has announced a massive wave of drone and fighter jet strikes targeting US and Israeli military installations in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Kurdistan.
According to official statements released by the Iranian military on March 1, 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran claims to have launched a massive wave of offensive operations targeting US and Israeli military installations across the Middle East. The reports, broadcast through Iranian state-aligned media channels, adopt a highly triumphant and aggressive posture, framing the multi-stage strikes as devastating blows against the Zionist-American enemy.
The military escalations reportedly began with widespread drone strikes. According to Akharin Khabar, a prominent Iranian state-aligned news aggregator, the Army issued Statement No. 3 confirming the operations. Citing this statement, the channel reported that the zealous men of the military unleashed a new wave of massive attacks using various destruction and combat drones starting the previous night. These strikes directly targeted the positions and interests of the Zionist enemy and US bases in the region. The channel further promised that "offensive and defensive operations of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army's units have continued with crushing and ceaseless blows," and stated that news of another pride-creating operation will be shared with the Iranian public in the coming hours.
Following the drone assaults, the military announced direct fighter jet interventions. The pro-military Telegram channel Breaking War News 🚨 Breaking US News relayed a direct declaration from the Army. According to the channel: "We successfully bombed US bases in the Persian Gulf countries and Iraqi Kurdistan in several stages of operations!"
Akharin Khabar corroborated these airstrikes by publishing Army Statement No. 4. According to the broadcast, the swift flyers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force carried out the bombings minutes prior to the announcement. Emphasizing the scope of their operational capabilities, both channels issued a stark warning from the Iranian command, stating that "all enemy military centers in the region will be in reach of the Air Force fighter jets."
The source materials consist of direct relays of Iranian military communiqués. The original Farsi texts utilize heavily propagandistic language (e.g., 'swift flyers', 'zealous men', 'pride-creating operations'). As instructed, this terminology and the framing of a 'Zionist-American enemy' have been preserved in the English translation without sanitization or distancing quotes, in order to accurately reflect the Iranian state media's posture and editorial voice. The reports currently lack independent verification of the claimed strikes.