HISTORIC FIRST: Israeli F-35 downs Iranian jet over Tehran

A short time ago, an Israel Air Force F-35I shot down a Russian-made Iranian Air Force YAK-130 in combat in the skies over Tehran.

This is the first recorded downing of an enemy aircraft by an F-35.

Iran’s next leader will be eliminated, too

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that anyone the Iranian regime names to succeed Ali Khamenei will meet the same fate.

“Any leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime to continue the plan for Israel’s destruction, to threaten the US and the free world and the countries of the region, and to oppress the Iranian nation, will be an unequivocal target for elimination.”

Katz said he had already ordered the IDF to target Khamenei’s successor when he is named.

The IDF has ordered the full evacuation of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River.

Another “girls’ school” headline. Another instant verdict. Another anti-Israel outrage cycle—built on Iranian state media.

A reported strike in Minab is being blamed on an “Israeli-American attack” before the facts are even knowable. Yet Israel’s spokesperson says no known operation occurred there and urges investigation first. Meanwhile, Iran—ranked near the bottom of global press freedom—controls the narrative, throttles the internet, and floods the feed with emotional imagery that can’t be independently verified.

This is the modern media trap: dictatorships publish propaganda in minutes; democracies verify in hours; the lie wins the first news cycle. And by the time the truth catches up, the correction is invisible.

If journalism can’t tell the difference between a police state’s press office and a rule-of-law investigation, it’s not reporting—it’s laundering propaganda.

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Meanwhile in Tehran this afternoon…

A US submarine reportedly torpedoed and sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka. According to initial reports, at least 80 are dead and dozens are still missing.

Israel has given an ultimatum for Iran to evacuate its diplomatic staff from its embassy in Beirut, which the IDF apparently intends to destroy.

Iran warned that if Israel attacked the embassy in Beirut, the Islamic Republic will attack Israeli embassies around the world.

During the tenth wave of the Israeli Air Force strikes, IDF fighter jets targeted infrastructure at the 'Mehrabad' Airport in Tehran.

As part of the strike, defense and detection systems that were used by the Iranian terror regime and posed a threat to Israeli Air Force aircraft were dismantled.

The IDF continues to degrade all infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime throughout Iran.

REPORT: Israel has killed Rahman Makdem, head of the IRGC's Special Operations Division.

Makdem was behind the Iranian attempt to assassinate US President Donald Trump. Israel informed him directly of the successful elimination of Makdem.

US Navy footage the moment one of its submarines destroyed the IRIS Dena, Iran's last remaining serious warship, off the coast of Sri Lanka.

Today, Israeli forces carried out a broad attack on an Iranian military compound containing multiple command centers and Internal Security personnel in eastern Tehran

The compound contained headquarters of all of the Iranian security organizations.

Command centers hit during the attack included:

* IRGC headquarters
* Intelligence Directorate headquarters
* ‘Basij’ headquarters
* 'Quds Force' headquarters
* Internal Security forces headquarters
* Cyber Warfare headquarters
* Headquarters of the unit in Internal Security responsible for suppressing protests

The IDF continues to further degrade the Iranian terror regime in Tehran.