Tel Aviv / Tehran — Israel has released a dramatic new video it says proves how the IDF “destroyed the heart of Tehran’s defenses,” detailing a multi‑layered air and cyber offensive that punched straight through Iran’s vaunted air‑defense network.

The declassified footage, edited like a military documentary, shows cockpit camera clips from F‑35 jets, satellite imagery of exploding radar sites and animated overlays tracing precision strikes on command bunkers around Tehran. An IDF narrator describes how stealth aircraft, drones and electronic‑warfare platforms worked in sync to “blind, confuse and then gut” Revolutionary Guard air‑defense hubs in the capital region.

Key moments highlight the takedown of long‑range radar arrays, control centers directing S‑300 and Bavar‑373 batteries, and fiber‑optic links tying Tehran to regional missile brigades. According to the IDF, once those nodes were neutralized, follow‑on waves of F‑15 and F‑16 jets methodically hit missile depots, drone hangars and command posts with guided bombs.

Iranian state media calls the video “psychological warfare,” insisting its core defenses remain intact and claiming many of the images are “fabricated or exaggerated.” But independent analysts note clear before‑and‑after satellite shots of several key sites reduced to smoking craters.

By releasing the video now, Israel is sending a calculated message: not only can it reach deep into Tehran, it can also publicly map out how it did it — daring Iran to prove its defense network is anything more than rubble and bravado.