鈥淓nemies will take the illusion of subduing the Iranian nation to their graves,鈥 said Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, former defense minister and current adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief.
He made the remarks on Sunday during the funeral ceremony of Lieutenant General Hossein Salami, the late IRGC commander-in-chief, who was assassinated in a recent Israeli airstrike.
Vahidi told reporters, 鈥淚ran鈥攕trong, honorable, and powerful鈥攚ill continue along the glorious path of the Islamic Revolution.鈥
He added that the assassination of Salami and other senior commanders 鈥渨ill not weaken the nation鈥檚 resolve, but will instead strengthen our determination to pursue the revolution鈥檚 path and defend Islamic ideals.鈥
While the Zionist regime waged a war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran鈥檚 military, nuclear, and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran鈥檚 Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan on June 22.
The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III, which inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.
Also, in response to the US attacks, Iranian armed forces launched a wave of missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 brought the fighting to a halt.
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