REAKING: U.S. ATTACKS 100+ IRGC Targets; Iran SUPERSONIC Missile Plot EXPOSED

Russia is secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles. The close cooperation between Iran and Russia against American aircraft carrier has been exposed. The confrontation between the United States and Iran is escalating. A wave of American strikes hit more than 100 targets in Iran. More than 100 targets were struck inside Iran. And President Donald Trump, he asked, when will the Iranian people rise up and fight? Iran launched a response attack, firing missiles towards the American bases across the Middle East. And we will get into the incident that shocked the Pentagon. So stay with us. Hezbollah has renewed fire towards northern Israel with Iranian approval and coordination. And panic in Turkey over the Israeli deal. This is already beyond a weapons purchase. I'm Yair Pinto, joined by Ashley Alex, and we are Boots on the Ground. We bring you the truth about what is happening in Israel and the truth about what is happening in our neighborhood, the Middle East. So today, today is September 2nd. So let's begin. Because the United States military completed a broad wave of strikes against targets in Iran overnight, on Wednesday, as part of another escalation in the confrontation between Washington and Tehran. And according to senior American officials, more than 100 targets were hit, including two oil tankers that belong to the Iranian government. This is the first time the United States military has struck Iranian tankers as part of a response to attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and not as part of enforcing a naval blockade. An American official said that President Donald Trump approved a new policy of tanker for tanker, designed to deter Iran from attacking ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. And amongst the targets that were struck were also Revolutionary Guards, air defensive sites, radar systems, mine lane equipment, military communication sites, anti-ship cruise missiles, launchers, and drone launchers as well. And according to senior American officials, the strikes damaged Iranian capabilities around the Strait and are expected to reduce the threat level to commercial ships in the near future. Explosions were reported in many locations across Iran, in the port city of Bandar Abbas, along the Strait, on Qasem Island, inside the Strait of Hormuz, in the port city of Khabkhar in southeastern Iran, along the Gulf of Oman, and at Jiroft Airport in Kerman province. In addition, explosions were reported in Jask, another port city along the Gulf of Oman, in Sirik, on the Hormuz coast, and in nearby Minab, in the strike in Sirik. So according to the Iranians, four civilians lost their lives at a wedding. And according to the Iranian rescue services, another 50 people were wounded. Another strike was reported in Asiliakh, on the Persian Gulf coast, where one of Iran's main energy hubs is located. Two sources in Iran told the New York Times that the strikes caused significant damage but did not provide details. They said that the targets hit included a military base in Bandar Abbas, the area around the airport on Qasem Island, and also additional targets in Sirik and Jask. United States Central Command said that the carried out in response to the latest attempts by the Revolutionary Guards to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and American bases in the region. A senior American official said that despite the exchange of fire, American forces continued escorting ships through the Strait and no commercial vessel was hit. And in direct response to the American strikes, Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched a combined counter-attack that included ballistic missiles and drones towards American bases across the Middle East. And according to official statements from Tehran, facilities were attacked in Irbil, in northern Iraq, a marine camp in the Gulf of Aqaba, Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan, and Sheikh Issa Air Base in Bahrain. So while Iran lied to itself and to its own people, boasting as if it had caused massive destruction, damaged technical facilities, and terminated American soldiers, United States officials said that there were no casualties amongst the American troops in Jordan. And at the same time, the Jordanian military said that its air defensive systems intercepted 10 out of 13 ballistic missiles that entered the kingdom's airspace, while the remaining missiles fell in open areas. Bahrain also reported that hostile Iranian drones were intercepted over its territory. And about an hour and a half after the strikes began, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States at this very moment is attacking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and they are a response to the failed Iranian attempt to lay naval mines in the strait. While there are currently no mines, they were all removed or detonated, and also to the Iranian launch of eight missiles at our military base in Jordan, all of which were successfully intercepted. If the failed nation of Iran responds to this very justified strike, it will be hit again with a much greater force and at a much higher level. But that will not be the strongest strike of all. That one is still waiting just around the corner, and when it is over, very little will remain of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Later, Trump gave an interview and issued a similar threat. If they respond, they will be hit with a much greater force, and if they do it again, they will no longer exist. He described Iranians as crazy and stupid people who do not stop and said that the United States had struck, amongst other things, a radar system that was being rebuilt. They tried to rebuild their radar, and they cannot, Trump said. The president addressed these strikes again in another Truth Social post, writing that he is not trying to force Iran back to the negotiating table. He stated that I like our position much better now, Trump wrote, with almost total control of the Strait of Hormuz and their economy collapsing completely. He then added, they are only delaying the inevitable. When will the Iranian people rise up and fight? Question mark. I have to say, the president is right. That is an excellent question. When will the Iranian people fight against this regime? At the same time, it has been revealed that Russia is secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles in one of the most significant strategic military technology transfers currently known from Moscow to Tehran. The secret program is codenamed C430L, and it began in 2023 and continues at full speed even into the war of the United States and Israel against Iran. As part of the multi-year project, several of Russia's most senior and experienced missile experts were recruited to help Iran develop a new category of weapons, one designed to directly threaten the American aircraft carriers and warships in the maritime arena of the Middle East. The central goal of the program is to develop a ramjet propulsion system for Iran, an engine that allows a cruise missile to maintain continuous flight and several times the speed of sound. Military experts assess that the technology is almost certainly intended for a production of advanced anti-ship cruise missiles as well as for striking high-volume ground targets, and we will bring you the full story in this report. So against the background of the renewed confrontation between the United States and Iran overnight, for the first time in two months, sirens were activated in several communities in northern Israel around 4.30 in the morning. This is following fire from the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon towards Israel. In addition, a dramatic exposure shows that an Iranian air defensive battery launched a missile at an American stealth aircraft that was securing ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The unusual incident led Central Command to draw a new strike plan against Tehran, an ignited unprecedented tension in the Gulf. And today, we will also get into the new security agreement worth about 3 billion euros between Greece and Israel. The agreement is attracting major attention in Turkey, where commentators and media outlets are warning that deeper cooperation between the two countries could affect the balance of power in the Mediterranean, the sea, and Ankara's security interests. In Turkey, the move is being seen as part of a broader strategic rapprochement between Greece and Israel and Cyprus. All the details coming up ahead. And in Gaza, the Shin Bet carried out an arrest in the heart of the Gaza Strip. Footage from the operation can see that the weak point was identified, and the operation began with a white van. Mouin El Arbid, known as Hamas's Shin Bet chief in the Gaza Strip, was arrested by special forces near his home in Gaza City. IDF forces provided air cover, and he was taken for interrogation in Israel. Humiliated and defeated, Hamas published its first response to the daring operation inside the Gaza Strip. The terror organization called on the world to condemn the Israeli action, a response that can only be described as embarrassing. All the details coming up ahead in this report. So as you can see, there's a lot ahead of us. Let's begin. I'm Yair Pinto, joined by Ashley Alex, and we are Boots on the Ground. We bring you the whole truth about what is happening in Israel and about the war against the Revolutionary Guards in Iran, which is the head of the crumbling Axis of Evil in the Middle East. But before we begin, I want to call on you to keep spreading the truth. 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So I started using it during my reserve duty in the IDF, and I'm still using it today. There's also a hydration powder that you mix with water, and it helps me through the hard filming days here in Israel. I suggest you give it a try for yourself. Let me know what you think. Go to vinyatbnisrael.com. Again, that's vinyatbnisrael.com. You can also call 800-638-1944. That's 800-638-1944. Tell them that you came from boots on the ground. That will help us a lot. So try it for yourself. Now let's get back to the news because one Iranian missile explains why Washington is no longer treating the Strait of Hormuz as a simple mind-clearing problem. An Iranian air defense battery fired a surface-to-air missile towards an American F-35 that was covering commercial ships moving through the strait. The missile did not come close enough to seriously threaten the fighter, and there is no evidence that Iran achieved a full radar lock. But what happens if the same military rebuilding those defenses is also receiving Russian engineering help for a faster generation of anti-ship weapons? That is where the newly exposed C-430L program becomes important. The project began in 2023. Its purpose is not simply to ship another Russian missile to Iran. Russian specialists have been helping Iranian engineers develop ramjet propulsion for a new class of supersonic cruise missiles designed to threaten warships and other high-value targets. The ramjet solves a very specific engineering problem. A conventional jet engine uses rotating machinery to compress air before combustion. A ramjet has no compressor turbine that is doing that work. It uses the missile's own forward speed to compress the incoming air, allowing the engine to continue producing thrust at very high speeds. For Iran, the difficult part is keeping that engine stable while fuel burns under extreme airflow, heat, and pressure. That's why the Russian role matters. The leaked records describe repeated visits to Iran by senior engineers connected to the Russian state arms export system and NPO machinery. One of Russia's major missile design organizations, amongst the specialists that are named, is Alexander Dregrachev, Alexander Chebakov, and Yuri Prokachuk. Their fields include sea-launched cruise missiles, ramjet engines, aerodynamics, and ballistics. The contract with Iran's defense ministry was signed on November 2023. By 2025, Iranian teams had transferred a large body of technical information from a propulsion test to their Russian counterparts. The Russians then returned detailed questions. They wanted to know how changes in the fuel system affect the performance, whether combustion remains stable, and what happened to the engine after the data transmission stopped less than a minute into the test. In April 2025, Russia proposed sending around 24 specialists to Iran for additional technical consultations. And correspondence from June 2026 indicates that the two sides were still discussing the next stage after the current war had already begun. Iran has built and tested the propulsion systems. What has not been shown is an operational complete supersonic cruise missiles based on this Russian assisting program. That distinction is important. An engineering program is not the same thing as a deployed weapon. But once technical knowledge passes from one team of engineers to another, destroying one launcher does not erase that knowledge. And Iran is trying to apply that knowledge in one of the most difficult maritime environments on Earth. And earlier this week, two very large crude carriers, the Sider and the Singal Prosperity, were hit within minutes while leaving the Persian Gulf. Each had loaded roughly two million barrels of Saudi crude oil. No crew casualties were initially reported, and responsibility for the attacks has not been publicly established. So those ships were tankers, not an American carrier group. But they show exactly where Iran keeps looking for pressure points, the transit route itself. The United States has spent months clearing mines, escorting ships, and destroying the Iranian military systems around Hormuz. Tehran keeps searching for a cheaper way to make every transit more dangerous, more expensive, and harder to ensure. A future supersonic anti-ship cruise missile would create a different challenge for a drifting mine on explosive drones. Its speed would reduce the warning time available to defenders. Its ability to fly at low altitude could further compress the time available to detect and engage it. And this brings us back to that F-35. American commandos did not treat the Iranian missile launch as a successful attack. They treated it as evidence that Tehran was rebuilding the radar, the air defense, and the anti-ship network that was damaged during the early fighting. CENTCOM then developed the concept American officials described as periodically mowing the grass. Selected Iranian systems could be struck again whenever Tehran rebuilt enough capability to threaten the ships and the aircrafts. The latest American operation, it shows how quickly that concept can grow from a limited strike into a much larger target list. But C-430L, it also exposes the limitation of that strategy. American aircrafts can destroy a radar dish. They can destroy a coastal launcher. They can destroy an air defensive battery. Stopping years of transferring engineering knowledge is much harder. That is the military contest underneath the explosions that we are watching. And there is another cost that does not appear in photographs of bombed Iranian installations. Iran's retaliatory missile attack caused far less verified damage than Tehran claimed. But every ballistic missile that has to be intercepted, it forces the United States and its allies to spend defensive ammunition that cannot be replaced overnight. But that problem is now reaching far beyond the Middle East. And before we continue, help us share the truth from Israel. Like this report, share it, and subscribe to TBN Israel on YouTube so that you never miss another update of Boots on the Ground. What you see here on YouTube is only part of the story. You can get closer first-hand reports, behind-the-scenes moments, and stories of faith, resilience, and hope by going to tbn.org. That's tbn.org.journeys.boots. And you can receive updates from Israel by our team here in Jerusalem. Okay. So this is an amazing way for you to stand with us and help us as we develop the situation. And now let me turn over this report to Ashley Alex. Ashley, over to you. One of the most revealing moments in this story did not happen in Homs at all. It happened in Bishkek on September 1st. Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down with Iranian President Massoud Pardeshian and publicly said Moscow is trying to provide Iran with the assistance it needs during this difficult period. Putin also said Russia is continuing to supply Iran with essential goods. He did not announce a new weapons package. That matters because we should not turn a political statement into an arms agreement that was never declared. But the timing changes how Washington will hear those words. The C-430L program had already been operating in secret. Russian engineers had already visited Iran. Technical exchanges continued into 2026. So when Putin now promises continued assistance, the United States has to think about both the support Moscow acknowledges publicly and the military cooperation that has been exposed through leaked records. The relationship is also reciprocal. Iran provided Shahed drone technology that helped Russia establish domestic production for its war in Ukraine. Russia, in return, has become a source of industrial knowledge, political backing and potential economic relief for Tehran. And that economic relationship is becoming much more interesting. Iran and Russia say they have made significant progress on a plan to move Russian natural gas into Iran overland through Azerbaijan and into the Iranian border city of Astera. Iran's ambassador in Moscow says the long-term capacity being discussed could reach about 150 million cubic meters per day, roughly 55 billion cubic meters per year. There is no final agreement yet. Iranian officials say one or two issues remain unresolved, and there's no reliable timetable for a system operating at that full capacity. But the geography tells us why both countries are interested. The United States is applying pressure at Iranian ports, across Hormuz, and through the dollar-based financial system. Russia and Iran are trying to deepen a land-based economic connection running through the Caucasus. At the same time, Pzeshkin is trying to preserve a diplomatic exit. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, he said Iran would immediately reciprocate if the United States returned to its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. That memorandum was negotiated in June, with Pakistan and Qatar serving as mediators. Iran agreed to remove mines from Hormuz and allow commercial shipping during the implementation period. The United States agreed to end its naval blockade, ease sanctions, provide waivers for Iranian oil exports, and begin work on a reconstruction package. The arrangement also created a 60-day process aimed at reaching a wider settlement. It failed. One reason it failed was very simple. Neither side trusted the other to move first. Tehran wanted sanctions relief and the blockade lifted before surrendering more of its leverage. Washington expected Iran to fulfill maritime and security obligations before American pressure was reduced. The memorandum expired in August without becoming a durable agreement. Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman are still trying to keep communication alive. Pakistan's foreign minister, Ishaq Daal, argues that genuine implementation of the memorandum remains the only realistic road back toward ending the conflict. Qatar has warned that renewed escalation serves nobody. Officials from the mediating countries were in Tehran again before the exchange of fire. So diplomacy is not dead. It is operating inside an increasingly narrow corridor. Every missile launch makes that corridor smaller. Pazashkhan also has another problem. The argument is taking place inside Iran itself. A written message attributed to Supreme Leader Modjabar Khamenei recently warned government officials against damaging what he called social cohesion. The language was unusually revealing. It specifically warned against dividing the Iranian political debate into choices such as war or negotiations, uncompromise or warmongering. Governments do not usually warn against a political division unless that division has become serious enough to worry them. Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and a former Revolutionary Guard commander, has also started describing Tehran's price for an agreement. He listed four main conditions. An end to the regional war, removal of the blockade on Iranian ports, compensation and sanctions relief. Those demands remain far from Washington's current position. The economic debate inside Iran shows the same tension. Central Bank Governor Abdel Nasser Hehmati says Iran still has sufficient foreign currency and is prepared to inject as much as $2 billion into the market to stabilise the rail. He says the central bank has supplied more than $18 billion since March 21st for essential imports including food, medicine and industrial raw materials. Hehmati rejects the claim that Iran is entering economic collapse. But Iranian leaders are also acknowledging the pressure. Pesashkian has said sanctions have reduced Iranian imports and exports by roughly 25% to 35%. So Washington and Tehran are telling two very different stories about the same economy. The Trump administration says sustained pressure is eroding the regime's ability to finance the war. Tehran says the economy is badly hurt but remains functional with reserves and foreign partners still available. That argument matters because Washington has a resource problem of its own. The United States can impose enormous military costs on Iran but defending American forces and regional allies against Iranian ballistic missiles is also consuming some of the most valuable defensive weapons in the American arsenal. A recent estimate by the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the Iran war has consumed around 65% of the American Patriot interceptor inventory that existed before the conflict. That works out to approximately 1,500 interceptors from an estimated pre-war stock of around 2,330. This is an estimate, not an official Pentagon inventory. But American and availability of Patriot interceptors in Europe has become extremely tight. A US defense official in Europe and a NATO official describe the shortage as beyond critical. The Pentagon and NATO publicly dispute the claim that their ability to defend allied territory has collapsed. That distinction matters but even the argument itself shows how far the consequences of the Iran war have traveled. Patriot missiles are not needed only around American bases in the Middle East. They are also one of the principal defenses used by Ukraine and NATO countries against advanced Russian ballistic missiles. Production cannot replace those interceptors at the speed that they can be fired during an intense missile campaign. Current projections suggest roughly 600 Patriot interceptors will be produced this year. The longer-term goal is to raise production toward approximately 2,000 missiles a year by 2030. Europe's first Patriot missile production facility is expected to open in Germany this month. But production and delivery take time. Now put those numbers beside Putin's meeting with Pozharsky. Russia is assisting an Iranian program designed to improve weapons that could threaten American naval forces. Iranian attacks force the United States and its partners to consume sophisticated defensive missiles. Those same interceptors are also needed in Europe against Russia. That does not mean Moscow controls Iranian military operations. There is no evidence for that claim. It does not mean the wars are no longer completely separate from Washington's perspective. A Patriot used in the Middle East still has to be replaced somewhere in America's global inventory. Russian assistance that improves Iranian weapons can raise the future cost of protecting American ships and bases. This is why the word limited can become misleading when officials describe the confrontation. A military operation may be geographically limited while its consequences spread through ammunition inventories, energy markets and alliances. And the Eastern Mediterranean is giving us another example. Israel and Greece have just signed what officials describe as the largest defense agreement in the history of their bilateral relationship. The Achilles shield agreement is worth approximately 3 billion euros and is scheduled for implementation over 35 months. The package brings together several Israeli defense systems. It includes David's sling and spider produced by Rafael and the Barack MX system from Israel Aerospace Industries. It also includes radar and command and control elements. Greek defense sources say approximately 25 percent of the work will involve Greek companies. They also say provisions were secured for the transfer of source code. That technical point is one reason the agreement is receiving so much attention in Turkey. Source code access can give a receiving country more independence to modify software, integrate sensors and carry out future upgrades. The exact access will depend on the individual systems and the contractual terms. But politically Turkish analysts are already reading the deal as something larger than the purchase of missiles. They see the growing relationship between Israel, Greece and Cyprus as a developing security framework in the eastern Mediterranean. And today another event shows why the geography matters. Turkey has sent the research vessel to Bitak Marmara into waters south of Castellarizo under a Turkish navigational notice. Greece issued a counter notice and rejected Ankara's authority to issue instructions in an area Athens considered part of Greece's potential continental shelf. The Turkish vessel is not being escorted by warships. This is not a military confrontation. But it places the new Israeli-Greek defense agreement directly beside an active argument over maritime jurisdiction, energy routes and regional influence. For Israel, deeper cooperation with Greece and Cyprus expands the strategic relationship with Turkey sees the same development through the lens of its long-running disputes with Athens and Nicosia. This is where the larger picture becomes complicated. The region is not simply dividing into two clean alliances. Russia and Iran cooperate on weapons technology, energy and resistance to American pressure. Pakistan, Qatar and Oman continue mediating between Washington and Tehran. Israel and Greece are building a deeper air defense partnership. Turkey competes with Greece, watches Israel's policy closely, and it still pursues its own relationships across the region. The United States has to operate inside all of these relationships simultaneously. President Trump can order another Iranian radar destroyed. The Treasury can sanction another financial network. The Navy can escort another tanker out of Hormuz. But the long-term contest is becoming industrial and political. American factories have to replenish what the military fires. Iran has to find ways around sanctions. Russia has to decide how far it's willing to transfer military technology. And mediators have to find an agreement before another battlefield decision destroys whatever diplomatic space remains. And that is why the next phase may not be decided by the size of the next airstrike. It may be decided by which side can replace weapons, preserve alliances, protect its economy, and keep partners from defecting under pressure. You hear, the battlefield now connects Russian engineering offices, Iranian factories, gas routes through Azerbaijan, patriot inventories in Europe, and Israeli air defense technology in Greece. The explosions are still in the Middle East. The competition behind them has become global. Ashley, thanks for this report. And there is one important correction from the Israeli front this morning. Early reports suggested that a Hezbollah drone has crossed from Lebanon and triggered sirens in northern Israel. After reviewing the incident, the IDF said that the suspected aerial target was a false identification. So, at this stage, we're not treating those sirens as confirmed Hezbollah attacks. And we are certainly not presenting them as proof that Iran opened a new northern front overnight. So, Israel is still acting aggressively on other fronts, let's say the Gaza City area, where Shin Bet special forces captured Hamas internal security chief Muin al-Arbil, alive after a long intelligence effort to study his routine and identify the point where he could be taken. The Israeli air force struck nearby military targets to remove threats to the forces. And Israel reported no casualties amongst its troops. The operation is another reminder that intelligence technology and timing can create opportunities that raw firepower alone cannot. The contest is no longer only over the launchers or what happens in Iran, how many rockets they have left. It's over the technology, the money and the alliances that determine what it can rebuild tomorrow. And if Russia keeps shortening Iran's technology gap while American interceptors struck tighter, how long can Washington keep the initiative without widening this wall? Let me know what you think. And keep spreading the truth. Pray for our team here at TBN Israel, for their children that are back to school. Pray for wisdom to our leaders. Keep praying for the peace of Jerusalem. See you again tomorrow. Hello, this is Mati here in Jerusalem with TBN Israel. This is Yair Pinto from TBN Israel here in Jerusalem. TBN Israel is keeping viewers informed with Israel focused news, culture and what God is doing in this land. 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