Mark Toth

NEW: Iran launched two ballistic missiles targeting the US-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 21, marking the furthest ever attempted Iranian missile strike. The attack demonstrated that Iranian missiles can reach beyond the 2,000-kilometer limit that the regime has long claimed to have self-imposed. One missile failed inflight, and the United States intercepted the other. Other Key Takeaways: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has reportedly expanded its influence over regime decision-making amid a growing power vacuum caused by leadership losses and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s apparent inability to exercise full authority. Some of the officials who have likely expanded their influence are among the most aggressive and repressive elements within the IRGC. The United States Treasury Department issued a short-term waiver on March 20, permitting the sale of Iranian oil already in transit. The waiver does not allow for new purchases of oil. The combined force continued to degrade Iran’s missile production capabilities. The IDF struck at least five missile production sites in Tehran.

❌ ارتش اسرائیل یک سایت راهبردی تحقیق و توسعه را که توسط رژیم تروریستی ایران برای توسعه اجزای تولید سلاح هسته‌ای در تهران استفاده می‌شد هدف قرار داد ⭕️ سایت دانشگاه «مالک اشتر» توسط صنایع نظامی و سامانه موشکی رژیم تروریستی ایران برای توسعه اجزای سلاح هسته‌ای و تسلیحات استفاده می‌شد. ⭕️ دانشگاه «مالک اشتر» زیر نظر وزارت دفاع ایران فعالیت می‌کند و به دلیل فعالیت چند دهه‌ای در پیشبرد برنامه هسته‌ای و توسعه موشک‌های بالستیک تحت تحریم‌های بین‌المللی قرار دارد. ‼️ ارتش دفاعی اسرائیل اجازه نخواهد داد رژیم ایران به سلاح هسته‌ای دست یابد.

If the Diego Garcia strike report is accurate, then one of the central assumptions about Iran’s missile program has just collapsed. For years, the accepted ceiling was around 2,000 kilometers. A ballistic missile reaching Diego Garcia suggests something in the neighborhood of 4,000 kilometers, which pushes it out of the medium-range category and into the intermediate-range class (IRBM). That is a strategic leap. The real story is not whether the missile was intercepted. It is that Iran may have demonstrated reach far beyond what much of the world believed it possessed. A 4,000-kilometer capability changes the map. Major European capitals begin to enter the conversation. Paris comes into range. London moves much closer to the edge of vulnerability depending on launch point and payload. This would mean the missile threat is no longer confined to the Gulf, Israel, or parts of South Asia. It would mean the radius of deterrence, defense, and fear has expanded dramatically. If confirmed, Diego Garcia was not just a target. It was a message.

Could be a psyop.

"We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran..." - President Donald J. Trump