It’s all clear now.
See how the NYT - the US media’s primary, most ‘reliable’ source of analysis and news - sanitizes the most extreme violence committed in recent years (outwith the exception of Israel perhaps) to make it appear that all the bombs are well-intentioned, even though Trump has threatened every individual in the country. “Bombs will be dropping everywhere…”
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U.S. and Israel Striking Iran Security Agencies That Helped Crush Protests
Their attacks have targeted police stations and intelligence bases
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U.S. and Israel Striking Iran Security Agencies That Helped Crush Protests
Their attacks have targeted police stations and intelligence bases in what may be part of a plan to encourage Iranians to rise up against the government, experts say.
A police station destroyed by U.S.-Israel airstrikes, seen during a government media tour on Tuesday.Credit…Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
By Erika Solomon and Sanjana Varghese
March 3, 2026
The United States and Israel have been striking Iran’s police stations, detention centers and intelligence offices in addition to typical military targets, in an apparent effort to weaken the country’s labyrinthine and entrenched security agencies.
The attacks may be part of a strategy to encourage Iranians to rise up and fight against the state from within, experts say.
“This clearly is one of the main objectives of this operation — to dismantle the operative machine of a regime,” said Farzin Nadimi, a defense analyst focused on Iran at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel have cast their attack as a “historic opportunity” for Iranians to bring down their government. They have offered little in the way of public explanation as to how an unarmed civilian population could do that against a heavily armed array of security forces.
It remains unclear whether the strikes will encourage Iranians to attempt to overthrow the government. Analysts say that targeting local police stations and detention centers — places where tens of thousands protesters and dissenters were held throughout waves of anti-government unrest in Iran — will be symbolic for many Iranians.
“A lot of people have a lot of bad memories of being held, beaten up, and persecuted in those buildings,” Mr. Nadimi said. “Seeing them go up in the smoke is part of the process of dismantling this oppressive police state.”