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The Israel Defense Forces announced that it is continuing a broad and coordinated campaign of precision strikes against Iran’s terror infrastructure, led by the Operations Directorate in cooperation with the Israeli Air Force and military intelligence.

According to the IDF, the Air Force has so far carried out more than 800 strike missions, deploying roughly 16,000 munitions in attacks targeting Iranian assets.

Officials also revealed that following a large-scale intelligence and planning effort conducted after Operation Rising Lion, over 5,000 additional targets were uncovered. These included thousands of terror-related components that were later hit during Operation Roaring Lion.

At the same time, the IDF is operating across multiple arenas beyond Iran. Under the direction of the Operations Directorate, Israeli forces have struck approximately 7,000 targets across all fronts involved in the ongoing campaign.

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Senior figures in Iran’s leadership returned to the streets of Tehran in a public appearance following a wave of high-profile assassinations, in what appears to be an effort to project control and unity.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was seen attending celebrations marking “Islamic Republic Day” in Tehran, alongside Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, joining crowds of regime supporters.

During the event, Araghchi addressed those present, saying, “I came to be among them, to draw energy from this movement on the ground and to enjoy this unity and popular cohesion.”

The public appearance comes after a period in which top Iranian officials avoided visibility due to ongoing targeted killings within the regime’s upper ranks. The last time they were seen publicly in Tehran was approximately two and a half weeks earlier, during events marking “Iranian Jerusalem Day.”

Shortly after that appearance, Ali Larijani — widely regarded as a key figure within the regime — was assassinated. He had also been documented attending the earlier mass gathering alongside the president and foreign minister.

Meanwhile, a report in The Wall Street Journal indicated that Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf were temporarily removed from Israeli and U.S. target lists for several days, in order to allow diplomatic contacts between the sides to proceed.

The latest public event is being viewed as a calculated move by the regime to demonstrate stability and control on the streets, while also emphasizing internal unity amid mounting military and political pressure.

President Donald Trump said he plans to be present at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as justices hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case that could determine whether children born in the United States to illegal immigrants and foreign visitors are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution.

Speaking about the upcoming hearing, Trump indicated his intention to attend in person. “I’m going,” Trump said when asked about SCOTUS hearing oral arguments in the case on April 1. “I think so, I do believe because I’ve listened to this argument for so long.”

Trump reiterated his criticism of how birthright citizenship is currently applied, pointing to cases involving wealthy foreign nationals. “Chinese billionaires and billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children or 59 children in one case or 10 children, becoming American citizens,” Trump said. “[The 14th Amendment] was about slaves … all of this legislation, all of this having to do with birthright citizenship, it was at the end of the Civil War. The reason was, it had to do with the babies of slaves and the protection of the babies of slaves.”

He continued to argue that the policy has strayed from its original purpose. “It didn’t have to do with the protection of multi-millionaires and billionaires wanting to have their children getting American citizenship,” Trump continued. “It is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Shortly after returning to office last year, Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants and foreign tourists, often referred to as “anchor babies,” a term used to describe children whose citizenship can later enable family members to obtain legal status.

Following the order, advocacy groups filed lawsuits challenging the policy, ultimately bringing the case before the Supreme Court, where a final decision is expected this year.

Data from 2023 estimated that between 225,000 and 250,000 children were born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents, accounting for roughly seven percent of all births that year.

The Supreme Court has not issued a definitive ruling explicitly requiring that children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants must be granted citizenship, and the issue remains the subject of ongoing legal debate.

A number of conservative legal scholars argue that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment does not mandate birthright citizenship in such cases, maintaining that children born to individuals without legal status are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States as that phrase was originally understood.