{"id":2583111,"date":"2026-03-24T05:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-claims-it-struck-iranian-senior-officials-headquarters-in-airstrikes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:56:52","slug":"idf-claims-it-struck-iranian-senior-officials-headquarters-in-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-claims-it-struck-iranian-senior-officials-headquarters-in-airstrikes\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF claims it struck Iranian senior officials\u2019 headquarters in airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fidf-claims-it-struck-iranian-senior-officials-headquarters-in-airstrikes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they struck teh headquarters of senior Iranian officials overnight and into Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including ballistic missile storage facilities<\/a>, as conflict in the Middle East continues.The IDF circulated updates claiming more than 3,000 strikes across Iran since the operation began, targeting IRGC command centers and other Iranian facilities. The article notes that past Israeli raids have killed several high\u2011level Iranian figures, such as Ali Larijani, Gholamreza Soleimani, Esmaeil Khatib, and Ali Mohammad Naini. In response, Iran reportedly launched waves of missiles into Israel, triggering air\u2011raid sirens and causing injuries in Tel Aviv. Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump postponed strikes on Iranian power plants for five days to allow for discussions, claiming conversations were productive, though Iran denied that any talks had occurred. The piece weaves together statements from the Washington Examiner, Reuters, The Times of Israel, and other outlets to depict a high\u2011tension, rapidly evolving situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">IDF claims it struck Iranian senior officials&rsquo; headquarters in airstrikes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\/\">Israel Defense Forces<\/a> claimed it hit the headquarters of senior Iranian officials overnight and early Tuesday morning in airstrikes. The military operation strike included hits on ballistic missile storage facilities, according to reports, as war rages on in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IDF posted an update about their military strikes on its X account on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4501043\/trans-inmates-ms-13-member-lawsuit-funded-procedures\/\">Transgender inmates, including MS-13 member, join lawsuit to continue taxpayer-funded procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4501190\/us-park-police-officer-ambushed-in-dc-shooting\/\">US Park Police officer ambushed in DC shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4501166\/joe-kent-no-mark-levin-asks-leaker\/\">Joe Kent answers firm &#8216;no&#8217; when Mark Levin asks if he is a leaker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;3,000+ strikes across Iran since the start of Operation Roaring Lion,&rdquo; read the IDF <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/idf\/status\/2036349414663442778?s=46\">post<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2541035\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#11093;&#65039; 3,000+ strikes across Iran since the start of Operation Roaring Lion<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the IDF targeted IRGC command centers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-military-launches-airstrikes-on-iranian-backed-terrorists-in-middle-east\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Military Launches Airstrikes On ...ian-Backed Terrorists In ...\">weapons storage facilities<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-successfully-tests-new-laser-missile-defense-system\/\" title=\"... Successfully Tests New Laser Missile Defense System\">aerial defense systems<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Overnight, an additional 50+ targets were struck, including ballistic missile storage and launch&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/2036349414663442778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday, the IDF targeted IRGC command centers, weapons storage facilities, and aerial defense systems,&rdquo; the IDF said. &ldquo;Overnight, an additional 50+ targets were struck, including ballistic missile storage and launch sites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Israel claimed that its military hit an Iranian Intelligence Ministry headquarters building and &ldquo;two intelligence headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,&rdquo; the <em>Times of Israel<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/idf-says-it-struck-iranian-missile-storage-facilities-and-regime-headquarters\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/iran-sends-waves-missiles-into-israel-dismisses-trumps-talk-negotiations-fake-2026-03-24\/\">announced<\/a> that Iran had launched &ldquo;waves of missiles&rdquo; into Israel on Tuesday, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported. Air raid sirens were reported throughout Israel, sending residents seeking refuge in bomb shelters. In Tel Aviv, four people were reportedly injured in the Iranian missile attacks. <\/p>\n<p>The IDF&rsquo;s latest strikes come a week after successful military campaigns in which multiple members of senior Iranian leadership were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4498420\/ali-mohammad-naini-rebuffs-netanyahu-claims-killed-in-airstrike\/\">killed in airstrikes<\/a>. Among the victims were: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4493843\/idf-claims-it-killed-two-top-iranian-officials-in-overnight-airstrikes\/\">Ali Larijani<\/a>, secretary of Iran&rsquo;s National Security Council, Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&rsquo;s Basij unit, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4495280\/idf-targets-iranian-minister-khatib-hamas-commander\/\">Esmaeil Khatib<\/a>, Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-officials-warn-what-communist-china-is-preparing-to-do-ramifications-for-u-s-were-too-late\/\" title=\"U.S. Officials Warn What Communist China Is Preparing To Do, Ramifications For U.S.: We\u2019re \u2018Too Late\u2019\">top intelligence officer<\/a>, and Ali Mohammad Naini, an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4492450\/irgc-calm-fears-israeli-strikes-basij\/\">Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps<\/a> spokesman and deputy of public relations. Hamas commander Yahya Abu Labda was also killed in an airstrike last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Israel&rsquo;s strike came on the same day that President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4500079\/trump-iran-war-power-plants\/\">announced the postponement<\/a> of U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. The president said he was going to delay the strikes &ldquo;five days&rdquo; after giving Iran 48 hours to comply with his demand to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump attributed the delay to &ldquo;very good and productive conversations&rdquo; between the two countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4500079\/trump-iran-war-power-plants\/\"><strong>TRUMP POSTPONES STRIKES ON IRANIAN POWER PLANTS FOR FIVE DAYS AMID PEACE TALKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST,&rdquo; said Trump on his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116278232362967212\">Truth Social<\/a> account on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116278232362967212\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, however, denied any talks had occurred. After Trump&rsquo;s announced postponement, Iranian state media claimed Trump was dishonest in his comments and there wasn&rsquo;t any &ldquo;direct or indirect contact with Trump&rdquo; and the president only made the announcement to not proceed with strikes on Iran after Iran warned it would retaliate by striking &ldquo;all power stations in West Asia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDF hits Iranian officials\u2019 HQs, missiles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2583112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26071723807433.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[22666,26585,3823],"class_list":["post-2583111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-airstrikes","tag-idf","tag-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26071723807433.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583115,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583111\/revisions\/2583115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}