IDF Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facility at Taleghan Compound + Iran Supreme Leader Releases First Public Statement + US KC-135 Tanker Crashes in Iraq; CENTCOM says No Hostile or Friendly Fire + IEA to Release 400 Million Barrels From Oil Reserves

I - On Defense Podcast · Mar 13, 2026 · 35m

For review:

1.Two oil tankers were struck in the Gulf, killing one person, as Iran continued its attacks on targets across the region and the IDF reported hitting a “critical” nuclear site near Tehran, amid ongoing US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic.

2. Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public, ostensibly vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths since the start of the war with the US and Israel, in a statement read out by a presenter on state TV.

3. UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a Bahrain-led resolution condemning Iranian attacks on several…