“Nationwide safety and protection and army energy are among the many crimson traces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which can’t be mentioned or negotiated underneath any circumstances,” Brigadier Normal Ali Mohammad Naeini mentioned on Tuesday forward of the second spherical of oblique talks between Iran and the US in Oman.
He was talking throughout a press convention marking the primary anniversary of Iran’s first anti-Israel operation in April 2024 that concerned the firing of greater than 300 drones and missiles at army bases within the occupied territories.
Dubbed True Promise I, the operation got here lower than two weeks after a terrorist Israeli strike killed seven IRGC members at Iran’s consulate within the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Naeini hailed the retaliatory assault because the world’s largest drone operation, with a flight radius of greater than 1,000 kilometers.
The operation “displayed Iran’s initiative and uneven offensive functionality to strike the Zionist enemy and was the primary direct and public army confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the Zionist regime,” he added.
The IRGC spokesman additionally famous that True Promise I additionally demonstrated Iran’s agency will to reply decisively to Israel, in addition to the Armed Forces’ energy to confront the terrorist regime.
The anti-Israel raid, he emphasised, was a totally authentic operation that was carried primarily based on Article 51 of the UN Constitution.
It uncovered Israel’s weak safety basis, proved Iran’s offensive capabilities as a missile and drone energy within the area and the world, and instilled a way of hope within the resilient Palestinian nation and the oppressed individuals of Gaza, Naeini famous.
In October 2024, Iran launched a second anti-Israel operation in retaliation for the regime’s assassination of resistance commanders.
Later that month, Israeli warplanes used the house obtainable to the US army in Iraq to fireplace missiles at army installations in Iran in flagrant violation of the worldwide regulation and the UN Constitution.
The Israeli act of aggression was efficiently intercepted and countered by Iran’s air protection system. Iran has vowed a 3rd anti-Israel operation in response to the assault.
