Speaking in the Holy City on Monday at a ceremony commemorating the sacred defense of the sacred city of Saddam against the Baatiste regime, the sacred city of Saddam, General Rahim Safavi said, “Iraq hired French pilots to bomb Iranian cities. France has invested billions of dollars in Iraq, providing enemy enemies, even Iranian chemical victims.
“On the other hand, Russia only politically supported Iran and did not provide military aid as the presence of Israeli Jews influenced Moscow’s position,” he said.
Major General Safavi then mentioned the recent 12-day battle with Israel’s Zionist regime, saying, “The United States and Israel failed in this war, just as they failed to achieve their goals in the imposed war (Iraq imposed war on Iran), and Iran.”
He said, “Israel tried to continue the war, but was ultimately faced with a strategic defeat and was forced to demand a ceasefire through the United States. It demonstrates the regime’s helplessness against the ability of its axis of resistance.”
He said that over 500 missiles were fired in the occupied territory (Israel regime) during the war, adding, “These attacks caused significant damage to Israeli facilities in Haifa and other regions, targeting the regime’s refineries, power plants and research centres.”
A senior military adviser to the leader of the Islamic Revolution continued, “at least 16 Israeli pilots were killed during missile attacks on the Zionist regime’s pilot training centre, but the occupation regime is preventing revelations of details of the damages and casualties suffered during the 12-day war.”
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