IRGC deputy: Global powers’ new advanced arms failed against Iran
The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says through faith, experience, and indigenous technology Iran managed to defeat global powers in the 12-day war despite their new weapons.
Brigadier General Ali Fadavi made the remarks on Thursday, stressing that global powers deployed unprecedented new military technologies against the Islamic Republic during the war but Iran emerged victorious.
“In this war, all the material and scientific capabilities of the world were employed; many of the technologies and equipment used had never before been tested in any war. Nevertheless, our capabilities were high – the IRGC and the Basij volunteer forces entered the field – and God brought about the best result,” he emphasized.
On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked aggression against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
An investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that Iran’s June 13 missile strike on Tel Aviv directly hit a secret underground military command center jointly operated by Israel and the United States.
General Fadavi added that about 60 percent of the martyrs of the war were members of the IRGC, stressing that their self-sacrifice paved the way for the heavy defeat of the enemy coalition.
“Victory in the 12-day war showed that the Islamic Revolution has reached a point not only in the realm of faith and resistance but also in the field of science and technology where it can thwart all the powers of the world. This is the fulfillment of God’s promise that the victory of believing nations is certain,” he stressed.
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the terrorist assault.
Leading independent American news website the Grayzone on Monday revealed that during the 12-day June war, Iran targeted a tower in central Tel Aviv above a secret underground Israeli-US intelligence bunker known as Site 81, located under the Da Vinci apartment complex.
The strikes were highly precise, hitting multiple strategic military and intelligence sites, including universities linked to military, such as the Weizmann Institute, which suffered $570 million in damages.
Heavy Israeli censorship prevented detailed reporting on these attacks, with media outlets suppressed and journalists forced away from impact sites. The attacks demonstrated the accuracy of Iranian missiles and caused significant damage to sensitive Israeli military infrastructure.
Iran’s ability to launch such a strike, despite ongoing Israeli and US efforts to disrupt missile launch sites, signals a resilient and adaptive missile program. It demonstrates Tehran’s operational readiness to conduct high-profile retaliatory strikes.
