Putin just got a public slap in the face. While he was meeting Iran’s foreign minister and voicing support for a halt to Israel’s strikes, the IDF hit regime-control centers anyway, signaling they don’t care what the Kremlin thinks.
The Basij headquarters was practically leveled, a target with zero military value, chosen purely to shake the regime. At the same time, Israel openly said it is working with Iranian opposition groups. Tehran’s hard-liners responded by rushing executions of prisoners and piling brutal pressure on moderates who had been pushing for a cease-fire.

With Fordow crippled, the message is unmistakable: Netanyahu, backed by Trump, aims to bring the Iranian regime down.