The IDF announced on Monday that it had targeted and destroyed a facility in central Tehran, claiming it was part of Iran's military space program and used to develop satellite attack capabilities.

According to the military, the strike was carried out by the Israeli Air Force based on what it called precise intelligence and targeted a site used to develop anti-satellite capabilities that it said posed a threat to Israeli satellites and to space assets belonging to other countries, The Caspian Post reports, citing foreign media.

The military said the compound was involved in military space projects, including development of the Chamran-1 satellite, which it said was built by the Iranian Defense Ministry’s electronics industries and launched into space in September 2024 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The strike followed another Israeli attack last week on what the military described as a separate space-related research compound belonging to the Iranian Space Organization in Tehran.

Israel said Iran had invested heavily for years in developing space warfare capabilities as part of broader efforts to expand its military reach and undermine regional and international stability. The military said it would continue operating to protect Israeli capabilities “on the ground, in the air, at sea and in space.”