Iran’s Khamenei decorates Commander for Israel attack
However, Iran has promised Israel and its allies that any attempt by Tel Aviv to retaliate this latest retaliatory attack, which has globally shocked the Western powers to mean monopoly of powers no longer resides with them, will be met with stronger actions.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has decorated the Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander for the Islamic Republic’s missile attacks on arch-foe Israel, Khamenei’s website said on Sunday October 6, 2024.
“Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath (“Conquest” in Farsi) to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it said.
The decoration was bestowed because of “the brilliant ‘Honest Promise’ operation”, the website said.
Hajizadeh, 62, has headed the Guards aerospace unit since its creation in 2009.
On Tuesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired some 200 missiles at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli air strike that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC top general Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut.
It was Iran’s second direct attack on Israel in six months, after a missile and drone assault in April in retaliation for a deadly strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, which Tehran blamed on Israel.
Israel has vowed to respond after Tuesday’s Iranian missile attack, reports AFP.
However, Iran has promised Israel and its allies that any attempt by Tel Aviv to retaliate this latest retaliatory attack by Tehran, which has globally shocked the Western powers to mean monopoly of powers no longer resides with them, will be met with stronger actions.
