Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi said in an event in Kerman on Saturday that following the 12-day imposed war, the readiness of the Armed Forces has increased across all fields by drawing on the past lessons as well as the guidelines of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
The commander noted that Iran’s Armed Forces, acting under the leadership’s command and equipped with full facilities and capabilities, stand ready to counter any hostile threat.
The Iranian military forces have today achieved notable capabilities in the field of advanced technologies, General Jahanshahi added, hailing those achievements as the result of confidence in domestic capacities.
Referring further to the 12-day war imposed by the Zionist regime and the US in June, the commander said the Israeli regime, with the support of the United States and NATO and by utilizing the most advanced global technologies, launched a hybrid and cognitive war against Iran. He noted that the war had been designed based on precise calculations, with the enemy assuming it could lead to the collapse of the system.
General Jahanshahi said that although Iran suffered damages and several senior commanders were martyred during the war, the enemy failed to achieve its objectives, adding that 58 Army servicemen were martyred in defense of the country.
During the confrontation with the Zionist regime, Iran’s missile capabilities were effectively deployed against the enemy and placed it under serious pressure and challenge, the commander stated.
On June 13, the Zionist regime launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, targeting military, nuclear, and residential areas for 12 consecutive days. The United States later escalated the conflict by striking three of Iran’s nuclear sites in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan on June 22.
Iran’s Armed Forces delivered an immediate and forceful response. The IRGC Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes under Operation True Promise III, inflicting significant damage and heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.
In retaliation for the US attacks, Iranian forces also targeted al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar —the largest American military installation in West Asia— with a barrage of missiles.
The confrontation came to an end on June 24, when a ceasefire was enforced.