Israeli spies infiltrated the heart of Iran before Friday morning’s Operation “Rising Lion” airstrikes and damaged the country’s missile infrastructure and air defenses in

The following is the June 16, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Israel’s Attack on Iran and Ongoing Conflict. From the report On June 13, 2025, Israel began a major military operation against Iran,

Israel stated on Monday that its forces struck Iran’s “propaganda” center that was being used for “covert” military operations, vowing to defeat Iran “everywhere.” The remarks came shortly after Israeli forces struck a building for the state-run Iranian broadcaster in northeastern Tehran.

Israel’s Mossad spy agency released footage of their covert operations, including targeted drone strikes in Iran, in response to Iran’s nuclear development.

The group is one of the most powerful and shadowy arms of Iran’s military, and it has long been on the front line of a shadow conflict with Israel.

It had pre-positioned remote-activated strike platforms inside Iran and deployed them with surgical precision. Israel’s operational concept combined a decapitation strike with cognitive disruption. The psychological warfare element—that the strike had come from Iranian soil—amplified the attack’s kinetic effects,

Mossad conducted covert operations in Iran to target nuclear sites and military leaders, including air strikes by the Israeli Air Force.

The Israeli military said Monday that it can now fly over the country's capital, Tehran, without facing major resistance after crippling Iran’s air defenses in recent strikes, enabling Israel to hit an expanding range of targets with relative ease.