“The enemy will embrace the illusion of keeping the Iranian people in graves,” said the brigadier general, former defence minister, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi and current adviser to the IRGC commander.
He made his remarks on Sunday at the funeral of Lt. Gen. Hossein Salami, the late IRGC commander, who was assassinated in a recent Israeli air strike.
“Iran – sturdy, honorable and powerful – will continue along the glorious path of the Islamic Revolution,” Vahidi told reporters.
He added that assassination of Salami and other senior commanders “will not undermine the resolve of the state, but will instead strengthen its resolve to pursue a path of revolution and defend Islamic ideals.”
The Zionist regime fought a war of attack on Iran on June 13, attacking Iranian troops, nuclear and residential areas for 12 days, but the US carried out a military attack on three nuclear facilities in Iran, Natanz, Fordou and Isfahan on June 22.
Iranian troops carried out a powerful counterattack shortly after the attack. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Aerospace Force implemented 22 waves of retaliation missiles against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III, which caused significant losses to cities throughout the occupying territories.
In response to the US attack, Iranian forces fired waves of missiles at Aldead Air Force Base in Qatar, the largest US military base in West Asia.
The battle was suspended due to a ceasefire that came into effect on June 24th.
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