Following days of heightened tension, Israel launched a large attack against Iran in the early hours of Jun. 13, 2025, targeting leadership, nuclear

Initially planned to last up to three weeks, according to Israeli assessments, US involvement could dramatically shorten the conflict’s duration.

It had pre-positioned remote-activated strike platforms inside Iran and deployed them with surgical precision. Israel’s operational concept combined a decapitation strike with cognitive disruption. The psychological warfare element—that the strike had come from Iranian soil—amplified the attack’s kinetic effects,