[News] Wave 19 of Operation True Promise 3 launched: IRGC

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Wave 19 of Operation True Promise 3 launched: IRGC
Al Mayadeen English
June 21, 2025
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Major General Naeini reported that drones were directed toward "strategic
targets deep within the entity, from the north of the occupied territories
to its south."

   - [image: IRGC spokesperson: 19th missile wave targets Haifa and Tel
   Aviv]
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   Israeli air defenses attempt to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack
   over occupied Palestine on June 21, 2025. (AP)

The spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major
General Ali Mohammad Naeini, announced the launch of the 19th wave of
Operation True Promise 3, with a squadron of attack and suicide drones.

Major General Naeini said the drones were directed toward "strategic
targets deep within the entity, from the north of the occupied territories
to its south," as he warned that this operation will be sustained and will
destabilize the Zionist regime.

He also noted that the 18th wave of Operation True Promise 3
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/wave-18-of-operation-true-promise-3-launched-from-iran>
last night was "one of the most successful missile and drone operations
conducted by the IRGC, with missiles successfully hitting strategic
military sites in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

General Naeini revealed that the Sail Tower in central Haifa, which houses
the offices of AI12 Labs and other software companies affiliated with the
Israeli Ministry of Security, was targeted with a long-range Qadr F
missile.

The spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters warned on
Saturday that if any country sends military or radar equipment, whether by
ship or plane, to support the occupation forces
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-stealth-bombers-sent-to-pacific-as-trump-weighs-iran-stri>,
it will be seen as taking part in the aggression
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/from-threats-to-timeout--what-is-trump-s-iran-stance>,
making those shipments a legitimate target for their armed forces.
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-warns-aid-to--israel--will-be-treated-as-aggression>

The spokesperson stated that, based on Iranian military intelligence, the
occupation forces have suffered major losses in their
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/wave-18-of-operation-true-promise-3-launched-from-iran>
 defensive and radar systems and are now dealing with critical shortages in
ammunition and supplies.

The spokesperson highlighted that the predicament "Israel" is in is a
result of the precise and destructive missile and drone
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-drones-directly-hit-targets-in-baysan--araba--occupied>
 strikes launched by Iran’s armed forces.
'Israel' risks running out of interceptor missiles: WSJ

The Israeli regime is rapidly exhausting its stockpile of Arrow 3
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--risks-running-out-of-arrow-3-interceptors-within-we>
 interceptors, the critical component of its long-range missile defense,
The Wall Street Journal reported on June 21. As persistent Iranian missile
salvos
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/sirens-sounded-all-over--israel--amid-17th-wave-of-iranian-r>
 stretch Tel Aviv’s air defenses to their limits and push the US into
urgent efforts to backfill its ally’s deteriorating protective capabilities.

With Israeli missile defense stocks running critically low, the US has
responded by dispatching another Navy destroyer
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-ships-in-red-sea-will-be-targeted-if-us-attacks-iran--yaf>
 to the eastern Mediterranean, significantly bolstering its regional fleet
that now stands ready to counter potential missile threats originating from
Iran.

Timur Kadyshev, a researcher at the University of Hamburg, explained to
*WSJ* that losing Arrow 3 capabilities creates significant challenges
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/trump-s-delay-exposes-israeli-limits-in-iran-war-push--nyt>,
since intercepting missiles becomes much more difficult when defense
systems are forced to engage targets only during their final approach,
leaving minimal reaction time.
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