overseeing political content, news reporting, and the editorial direction of state media. This deputy’s office coordinated all news-related activities, controlled narratives, and played a strategic role in shaping public opinion within Iran and in broadcasting the state’s perspectives internationally.
Perhaps even more importantly, the news studios of IRIB were based in this building. These studios produced the main bulletins that aired on all state television and radio networks. The editorial offices of the news departments were also located here, making it the operational center of news management. In many ways, it functioned like a governmental press headquarters, directing not only national coverage but influencing the very framing of political discourse across Iranian society.
The destruction of this building represents, therefore, not just the loss of a structure but a direct hit to a symbolic institution within the Islamic Republic.
The Attack of June 16, 1404: A Blow Beyond the Battlefield
The attack on June 16, 1404, attributed to Israel, was a dramatic escalation in a long-simmering shadow conflict between Iran and Israel. Though military and cyber skirmishes between the two nations have been documented for years, a direct attack on such a high-profile civilian building in Tehran marked an alarming new phase of confrontation.