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Iranian Armed Forces stood up to Israel-US bullying with ‘full might’: Top general
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of the Armed Forces, made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah on Tuesday, Press TV reported.
“Iran’s Armed Forces stood up to bullying using all of their capabilities, and responded to the aggressors with the entirety of their might,” the commander noted.
On June 13, the Israeli regime began a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic with unprecedented American military and intelligence support.
Iran’s Armed Forces began responding initially with comprehensive defensive maneuvers.
Shortly afterwards, however, they launched rapid, forceful, and unyielding counteroffensives, unleashing precision strikes against critical nuclear, military, and industrial targets deep within the occupied Palestinian territories.
The relentless reprisal, codenamed Operation True Promise III, deployed hundreds of ballistic missiles – many of which were multi-warhead and supersonic ones – as well as numerous armed drones.
The strikes pummeled the heart of Tel Aviv, the regime’s economic stronghold; Haifa, its key deep-water port; and Be’er Sheva, the hub of the entity’s modern development and technology.
Feeling the heat from the retaliation, the regime was forced to seek a cease-fire after 12 days, despite having some of the US's most advanced missile systems primed to intercept the incoming Iranian fire.
The commander’s remarks also concerned a ballistic missile strike that was carried out by the Iranian forces against Al-Udeid – the US’s most important regional airbase that is located in Qatar – in response to American attacks against Iranian nuclear sites that took place towards the end of the Israeli war.
Mousavi noted how the United States did not begrudge the regime any assistance throughout the warfare, providing it with no-holds-barred support, including logistical backing.
He, however, highlighted that the world’s Muslim nations and governments as well as free-thinking people, nevertheless, voiced decisive support for the Islamic Republic in the course of the aggression.
He, meanwhile, hailed Qatar as a “friendly state” and lauded its decisive condemnation of the Israeli aggression, expressing gratitude over the “valuable” position adopted by Doha throughout the military assault.