Farsi-language news channels report that Iranian ballistic missiles armed with cluster warheads have successfully penetrated Israel's air defense networks, attributing the admission to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Amid an unprecedented wave of severe US and Israeli airstrikes across Iran, Iranian state-aligned media channels are broadcasting claims that the Islamic Republic's retaliatory ballistic missiles are successfully piercing Israeli defensive shields.
The Farsi-language channel اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری, which heavily covers the ongoing conflict from an anti-Western and pro-regime perspective, reported that Iranian ballistic missiles equipped with cluster warheads have penetrated the air defense system of the Zionist regime in recent days. According to the broadcast, the Zionist newspaper Haaretz explicitly admitted to these breaches of Israel's defense layers.
The narrative of Iranian military success against Israeli defenses is being widely circulated across the Iranian media ecosystem to counter recent Israeli and American messaging. The claims regarding the cluster-munition ballistic missiles were amplified by other notable Farsi news channels, including خبری پلاس|خبرفوری 🔖فوری and آخرین خبر.
These reports of offensive success emerge during a period of intense regional warfare. The missile claims follow massive bombardments of Iranian military, naval, and air infrastructure by US and Israeli forces earlier in the week, and subsequent threats by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to destroy Middle Eastern energy infrastructure in retaliation.
The sources utilize standard Iranian state-media terminology, including references to the Zionist regime and Zionist newspaper, which were preserved in translation to reflect the original editorial posture. The primary claim relies entirely on a purported admission by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, though the Telegram channels do not provide a direct link to the Haaretz article in question.