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from https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/israeli-air-force-freedom-operation-tehran-idf-iran

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Israeli air force achieved freedom of operation in Tehran's airspace,
IDF says

Barak Ravid

fTwo Israeli pilots walk toward their F16 warplane
Israeli pilots walk towards their F16 warplane as they prepare to take
off for a mission in Lebanon from Ramat David air force base on July 12,
2006. Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Israel Defense Forces has achieved full freedom of operation in the air
space around Iran's capital Tehran, the IDF announced on Saturday.

Why it matters: Other than the military implications of being able to
freely hit targets where Iran's main military command and control
headquarters are located, it is also a political message that Iran's
leadership and government symbols are exposed to Israeli attacks.

What they're saying: "We established aerial freedom of operation in
western Iran, up to Tehran... Tehran is no longer immune—Iran's capital
is now exposed to Israeli strikes," IDF spokesman Brigadier General
Effie Defrin said in a press conference.

Driving the news: IDF officials said in a briefing with reporters that
over the last 36 hours since Israel launched the war against Iran the
Israeli air force has eliminated the Iranian air defenses that could
threaten Israeli fighter jets on their way to Tehran.

On Saturday morning, 70 Israeli fighter jets flew more than 900 miles,
spent more than two hours in Tehran's airspace and attacked dozens of
target in the Iranian capital, the IDF said.
"We struck over forty missile-related targets and advanced air defense
systems across Iran, alongside additional command and launch
infrastructure," Defrin said.
He added that dozens of Israeli "aerial platforms" are operating freely
over Tehran. "This is a region where the Air Force is operating for the
first time—the deepest we've ever operated within Iran," Defrin noted.
Yes, but: IDF officials said in a briefing with reporters that Iran has
air defense systems in other parts of the country that it can move to
Tehran.


State of play: More than 100 Iranians have been killed and more than 400
were wounded in the Israeli strikes so far, according to Iranian state
media.

Iran has launched on Friday night and on Saturday morning four barrages
of ballistic missile towards targets around Israel. The IDF said around
200 missiles were launched with most of them intercepted.
At least 10 missiles hit military bases and residential areas in Tel
Aviv and the surrounding cities. At least four Israelis have been killed
and around 100 wounded in the Iranian counterattack.
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