Israel’s Demise Is Imminent: Iranian General

In comments at an event held in Tehran on Monday in commemoration of late Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Lt. General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, who was martyred in an Israeli strike on June 13, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said the great Satan and the minor Satan --the US and the Israeli regime-- failed to achieve their goals in the recent military aggression against Iran.

The general, also a top military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said that the recent war of aggression against Iran expedited the “cycle of death of Zionists”.

“The demise of the Zionist regime and Netanyahu is imminent,” General Rahim Safavi stated.

Although a temporary ceasefire at the request of the enemy has brought the fighting to a halt, Iran has good knowledge of the enemies and their interests, structures, bases and forces across the region, he added.

The general said the power of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) extends beyond the Middle East region, adding that all bases of the enemies are in a databank of targets for “thousands” of Iranian missiles.

General Rahim Safavi also warned the enemies that making any other mistake or miscalculation will expose all of their interests and bases to greater threat as Iran will respond with higher intensity.

The Zionist regime waged an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on June 13. It carried out airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military and residential sites that resulted in the martyrdom of over 930 people, including top military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians.

The Iranian military forces started counterattacks immediately afterwards. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.

A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 brought the fighting to a halt./tasnim