IRGC denies link to Riyadh embassy attack, blames Israel

Israel’s military said its air force struck air defense systems and missile storage facilities in Tehran during a wave of airstrikes on Friday.

The military said the targets included several air defense sites, including one operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps storing anti-aircraft missiles.

It also said strikes hit a site tasked with protecting weapons research and development facilities, along with a ballistic missile storage location and a weapons production and development site.

Debris struck the facade of an Oracle building in Dubai’s Internet City on Saturday following an aerial interception, authorities said, adding no injuries or fires were reported.

Officials said debris also fell in the Marina area, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had listed Oracle among 18 US companies it said it would target in response to attacks on the country.

Iranian state media said Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Bani-Amerian, two political prisoners, were executed on Saturday after their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court.

They had been sentenced to death in December 2024 alongside four others on charges including “armed rebellion” linked to the exiled opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK), while rights group said they were subjected to severe torture to extract confessions.

In recent months, the Islamic Republic has significantly intensified its repressive policies and has even used the label “terrorist” against citizens participating in the January protests.

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The number of US service members wounded in operations against Iran since the start of Operation Epic Fury has reached 365, according to Pentagon data.

Of those injured, 247 are Army personnel, 63 Navy, 19 Marines and 36 Air Force members, while the death toll remains at 13.

Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi was appointed as the new spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), replacing Ali-Mohammad Naeini who was killed in an airstrike last month.

Mohebbi's decree was signed by the Supreme Leader's envoy to the IRGC, Abdollah Haji-Sadeghi.

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