Iran’s strengths, weaknesses in 12-day war with Israel
By Hossein Alaei
Former IRGC Navy commander
During the 12-day war, Israel targeted the core components of Iran’s national power—namely, its defense capabilities, nuclear infrastructure, and scientific assets. The war began with the assassinations of senior Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists.
Israel has long relied on assassination as its primary method for neutralizing opponents and adversaries. It has developed the world’s largest assassination apparatus and remains the only regime where targeted killings are a routine policy tool. Over the years, thousands of innocent individuals in Palestine and other countries have been assassinated by Israeli operatives.
Israel possesses advanced equipment and vast experience in executing various forms of assassination and mass killing. While all Israeli prime ministers have been criminals, terrorists, and murderers, Benjamin Netanyahu stands as the most vile, ruthless terrorist in the world—the blood-thirstiest creature on earth. From its inception, the Zionist regime has functioned as a fundamentally terrorist entity. Its officials have derived gratification from murder and bloodshed.
Israel has utilized the latest technologies and the most advanced intelligence-gathering tools to plan and carry out operations—ranging from assassinations to direct strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, air defense systems, missile bases, and even civilian targets, including Evin Prison, residential neighborhoods, and hospitals. These attacks were carried out with intelligence support from the CIA and NATO networks.
One of Iran’s key vulnerabilities, in retrospect, was the lack of preparedness within its own intelligence and security services to counter such a large-scale and constantly active Israeli intelligence apparatus—namely, Mossad, Israeli military intelligence, and other aligned spy agencies.
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