Isfahan Under Heavy Attack as US Reports Widespread Damage to Iran Munitions Sites

26/03/2026

Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury

TEHRAN, (AP) Mar 26: Activists in Iran reported heavy strikes early Thursday morning around Isfahan, a city some 330 kilometers (205 miles) south of Iran’s capital, Tehran.

The pro-reform newspaper Ham Mihan reported online about strikes in the area.

Isfahan is home to a major Iranian air base and other military sites, as well as one of the nuclear sites bombed by the United States during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June.

The semiofficial Fars news agency, close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, described the attacks as targeting “two residential areas,” without elaborating.

Meanwhile, the United States has struck over two-thirds of Iran’s munition plants, the head of the American military’s Central Command said.

U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper made the comments in a video released early Thursday by Central Command.

“Today, we have damaged or destroyed over two-thirds of Iran’s missile, drone and naval production facilities and shipyards — and we’re not done yet,” Cooper said. “We are on a path to completely eliminate Iran’s wider military manufacturing apparatus.”

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press, though delayed by two weeks by Planet Labs PBC, have shown Israeli and U.S. strikes targeting shipyards and missile facilities.

Iran has not acknowledged any of its materiel losses through the war.

Also, U.S. forces have hit more than 10,000 targets so far in the Iran war, the head of the American military’s Central Command said. U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper made the comments in a video released early Thursday by Central Command.

“If you combine what we’ve accomplished with the success of our Israeli ally, together, we have struck thousands more,” Cooper said. “Our precision strikes have overwhelmed Iranian air defenses and our combat flights are having tangible effects.”

Cooper added that the U.S. has destroyed 92% of “the Iranian navy’s largest vessels.”

“They’ve now lost the ability to meaningfully project naval power and influence around the region and around the world,” Cooper said.

Iran maintains its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through drone and missile attacks on shipping, however.