‘Central’ Iranian airport targeted in massive attack after Trump warned of ‘complete destruction’

Missiles rained on Iran Saturday after President Trump warned that the nation could face “complete destruction and certain death.”

The US and Israeli strikes centered on Tehran’s regime targets, such as military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program, as well as the sprawling Mehrabad International Airport.

Footage shared on social media captured a massive fireball and plumes of black smoke billowing from the airport, which housed the headquarters for Iran’s national carrier.

An Israeli attack destroyed 16 Iranian military aircraft that were being used by the Quds Force – the elite wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — to send weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the IDF said.

The IRGC was using the airport as a “central hub for arming and funding” Iran’s proxies in the Middle East, the IDF claimed, adding that it also targeted several Iranian fighter jets.

Trump promised early Saturday that “Iran will be hit very hard,” and that the US was seeking new military targets to pressure the nation into submission.

“Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

It is not yet clear what new targets the President was alluding to.

Israel said it deployed 80 fighter jets to launch strikes on the IRGC’s Shahid Kharrazi barracks in Shahinshahr, and the Najafabad missile base in Isfahan province, according to Israeli media.

Imam Hossein University was also bombed by Israeli warplanes. The institution is under US sanctions for its affiliation with the IRGC and its involvement in nuclear research.

Several ballistic missile storage facilities and an underground missile command unit were also targeted, the IDF said.

Iran retaliated with its own series of strikes on neighboring nations Jordan and Bahrain, as well as on a Malta-flagged oil tanker that reportedly ignored warnings by the IRGC Navy not to traverse the Strait of Hormuz.

The “Prima” exploded into a fireball after it was hit by a suicide drone, the IRGC reported, according to Iranian state media.

Iran has had control of the strait — a vital oil passageway — for eight days and does not permit vessels allied with the US or Israel to pass through.