The Israeli army has carried out "large-scale" attacks on the city of Tehran, marking what military authorities have defined as a "new phase" of their offensive against the Iranian regime. This move has not only struck the heart of Iran but has quickly spread to Lebanon, where heavy bombings have been reported in the capital, Beirut. The Israeli military has officially communicated that the deployment's primary target is "the infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime in Tehran."
However, the impact of the war is already being felt in other southern provinces, such as Shiraz, where missile attacks have left a toll of citizens "dead or injured." Meanwhile, in the suburbs of Beirut, Israeli fire continues, exacerbating a crisis that began after a joint offensive by Israel and the United States against Iranian territory.
On the international front, the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to the military campaign despite the fact that the confrontation has already begun to deeply disrupt global economic markets. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has dampened any hopes of a quick resolution by stating that the world is "only at the beginning of the fighting." Hegseth has ensured that the Pentagon has enough ammunition to "carry out this campaign for as long as necessary."
On the other hand, President Donald Trump has categorically ruled out deploying infantry on Iranian soil. The president described the sending of ground troops as "a waste of time" since, in his analysis, the Iranians have already "lost everything." Tehran's response to the pressure from the allied alliance has been a warning of total resistance on this seventh day of hostilities.
The Revolutionary Guard has stated that "Iran is prepared for a long war to punish the aggressor." The regime has promised an imminent technological escalation, ensuring that "new initiatives and weapons are on the way" for the next stages of the conflict. With a defiant tone, Iranian authorities have warned that their opponents will suffer "painful blows in each subsequent operational wave" through the use of next-generation strategic weaponry that has not yet been used on the battlefield.