Speaking to the state television early on Saturday, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, a senior advisor to the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said the Operation True Promise III was successfully implemented by the IRGC aerospace division.
“These targets were successfully struck in multiple phases,” Brigadier General Vahidi, who served as Interior Minister in the Ebrahim Raeisi administration, stated.
The official enumerated some of the targets as the Nevatim Airbase and the Ovda Airbase, located respectively in the north-central and extreme southern areas of the occupied territories.
“These bases housed command and control as well as electronic warfare centers, and were among the places from which the aggression against Iran had been launched,” he noted.
Vahidi identified as another major target as the regime’s Tel Nof Airbase near the city of Tel Aviv.
According to the IRGC commander, the regime’s ministry for military affairs and military-industrial centers were also struck during the Islamic Republic’s reprisal.
‘A major blow that can be repeated’
Vahidi added that the operation dealt a “major blow” to the Zionist regime, demonstrating a “heavy show of force,” and emphasized that such strikes could be repeated.
The retaliation aimed “to make them realize that they have committed a miscalculation and made a grave error.”
The Israeli aggression, targeting various cities across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, included a series of precision attacks aimed at assassinations, which led to the martyrdom of Major General Hossein Salami, the former commander-in-chief of the IRGC.
Among the other victims were Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC’s aerospace division, and Major General Gholam-Ali Rashid, commander of the country’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
The attacks also claimed the lives of veteran nuclear scientists Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi, Fereydoun Abbasi, and Dr. Abdol-Hamid Minoucher, along with more than 70 civilians, including children and women.
According to Vahidi, following the aggression, the Israeli regime believed it had successfully “destroyed” several of Iran’s military infrastructure centers and rendered the Islamic Republic incapable of retaliation.
However, he reiterated that this was a serious “miscalculation” on Israel’s part, warning, “They must now await the consequences, which have only just begun.”
Press TV