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[00:00:00] From IRIB News Agency, I thank you, dear and respected viewers,
[00:00:03] who are still with us and watching the news channel.
[00:00:07] Let's watch the upcoming news section and we'll be back.
[00:00:23] Good morning. The President , in a
[00:00:26] television interview, referring to the support
[00:00:29] of the martyred leader for the government, said: "With his martyrdom,
[00:00:32] we lost a great asset and support."
[00:00:36] The enemies envisioned the collapse
[00:00:38] of Iran, but the Islamic Revolution
[00:00:42] continued its path with
[00:00:44] strength.
[00:00:46] We lost a great asset and support. Especially us,
[00:00:49] the government, stood behind us like a mountain,
[00:00:53] supporting us. All these discussions
[00:00:56] we have, I frankly told him everything.
[00:01:00] Maybe I didn't say many things now that I used to bring up
[00:01:04] with my dear leader there. And he
[00:01:06] really helped us a lot, accompanied us a lot.
[00:01:10] He helped us to get here. If
[00:01:13] it wasn't for his help, the possibility of social
[00:01:16] tensions could have emerged much earlier than that
[00:01:20] war in our society and shown itself. And the enemy had calculated
[00:01:24] this. That is, all calculations were that we would take actions,
[00:01:27] people would become dissatisfied, and this would happen.
[00:01:33] They came and hit with two missiles and destroyed the country, they would overthrow the country.
[00:01:35] But his support
[00:01:39] did not allow it. And
[00:01:43] then, when they became desperate, I realized they had to come and
[00:01:46] martyr the leader, because his support had
[00:01:50] brought us this
[00:01:50] far.
[00:01:56] Mr. Pezeshkian also, while emphasizing the irrationality of the enemies in their
[00:02:00] attack on Iran, said: "When I think about the crimes of these
[00:02:03] human-like creatures, the emptiness of human rights organizations
[00:02:07] becomes more
[00:02:09] apparent."
[00:02:11] I have said many times that these discussions about human rights,
[00:02:15] freedom, and things
[00:02:16] they say
[00:02:20] were not strong in my mind, but now it's all
[00:02:23] collapsed. The
[00:02:26] first step is: why did they martyr our leader?
[00:02:31] For what crime did they martyr our commanders? For what crime did they martyr our scientists?
[00:02:35] And
[00:02:38] then, our children... The more I think,
[00:02:41] I don't see any logic in this. Why
[00:02:44] do
[00:02:46] they have a problem with every symbol
[00:02:50] of our capability,
[00:02:54] stability, innovation, and creativity?
[00:02:57] Our university, our
[00:03:08] university professors who are knowledgeable and creative,
[00:03:11] they strike them down.
[00:03:17] The US Vice President, defending the Trump administration's
[00:03:21] approach to Iran, claimed that Washington is still
[00:03:24] seeking to end the conflict and reach
[00:03:28] an agreement with Tehran. JD Vance,
[00:03:30] acknowledging the difficulty and volatility of the negotiations,
[00:03:33] said: "I accept the responsibility for the difficulty of the negotiations
[00:03:37] because the Iranians are tough negotiators." The
[00:03:41] US Vice President stressed that reaching an agreement takes
[00:03:44] time, but the US uses all tools to end
[00:03:48] this conflict. These statements are made while
[00:03:52] the process of previous understandings between Tehran and Washington
[00:03:55] has faced a stalemate due to broken promises,
[00:03:58] continued sanctions, and the US's contradictory approach.
[00:04:02] is.
[00:04:05] The foreign ministers of several Arab and Islamic countries, in
[00:04:08] the final statement of the Oman meeting, condemned the illegal
[00:04:12] policies and actions of the Zionist regime to change
[00:04:15] the Arab and Islamic identity of the city of Quds.
[00:04:18] The participants in the Oman meeting considered
[00:04:21] these actions of the Israeli regime null and void
[00:04:25] without any legal effect, and emphasized that
[00:04:28] East Quds is part of the occupied Palestinian territories
[00:04:32] and is considered the capital of the State of Palestine,
[00:04:36] which must be established based on international
[00:04:38] resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative as a free,
[00:04:42] independent, and sovereign state within the borders
[00:04:45] of June 4, 1967. The Egyptian
[00:04:49] Foreign Minister also rejected any plan to displace
[00:04:52] Palestinians and emphasized that only the establishment
[00:04:55] of an independent Palestinian state with East
[00:04:58] Quds as its capital will guarantee lasting
[00:05:02] security and stability for the region. Until
[00:05:06] the next news
[00:05:07] segment.
[00:05:19] Good time to you. Thank you very much for watching the news channel
[00:05:23] programs. Well, today is August 15th, the day of
[00:05:26] the martyrdom of Major General Martyr
[00:05:29] Abbas Babaei, who was martyred
[00:05:31] in 1367.
[00:05:33] What Martyr Babaei displayed
[00:05:37] in 1367 is still continuing in the Army
[00:05:40] of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this
[00:05:44] courage and the courageous actions
[00:05:47] that the forces of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially
[00:05:51] the swift pilots of the Army of the Islamic Republic
[00:05:54] of Iran, carry out, we saw in the Ramadan War,
[00:05:57] the imposed war, and also Martyr Kazemi,
[00:06:01] whose funeral and burial
[00:06:04] ceremony for his pure body was held in Shiraz
[00:06:08] a few days ago. All you dear
[00:06:12] and respected viewers saw the pictures on the news channel
[00:06:15] and heard the reports in various news sections.
[00:06:19] On the occasion of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Martyr Babaei,
[00:06:23] we want to hear more about the actions
[00:06:26] of the swift pilots of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:06:29] from Brigadier General Pilot
[00:06:33] Masoud Jafari, Coordinating Deputy of the Air Force
[00:06:36] of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Amir, greetings to
[00:06:40] you, welcome. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
[00:06:43] Greetings and good luck to Your Excellency and
[00:06:47] your very dear and respected
[00:06:50] colleagues. And I thank you for the time
[00:06:54] you gave to the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:06:58] on this dear day to talk about Martyr Babaei
[00:07:01] and the recent missions of the Air Force.
[00:07:05] First, I
[00:07:08] greet all the dear people
[00:07:13] of Islamic Iran who, in the past few
[00:07:16] days, have been present with authority in the field
[00:07:20] and in the streets, and
[00:07:22] have encouraged
[00:07:26] their fighters on various fronts
[00:07:29] and the various forces of the Army of the Islamic Republic
[00:07:32] and the Revolutionary Guard. First,
[00:07:35] we send greetings to the pure soul of Imam Khomeini.
[00:07:39] We send greetings to the pure soul of the martyred
[00:07:42] Imam, and we wish health, success,
[00:07:46] and prosperity for the Supreme Leader
[00:07:49] and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
[00:07:52] We also send greetings to the pure souls of all
[00:07:55] the martyrs of the recent war, commanders,
[00:07:59] scientists, commanders,
[00:08:03] and the dear people
[00:08:06] who were martyred in various parts of our dear country.
[00:08:10] And we offer condolences for the martyrdom of all
[00:08:13] these loved ones and these great ones to His Holiness the Twelfth Imam,
[00:08:16] and we also ask for patience and
[00:08:20] eternal reward for their families and loved ones.
[00:08:24] Thank you very much for accepting our invitation, Amir.
[00:08:28] If you agree, please talk about
[00:08:31] the courageous actions of the pilots
[00:08:34] of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
[00:08:37] especially and particularly in the attack
[00:08:40] on American bases
[00:08:42] in the region at the beginning of the Third Imposed War,
[00:08:46] the Ramadan War. Yes, in any case, I must tell you
[00:08:50] that it has been more than five months
[00:08:54] since this series of operations and
[00:08:58] those early days of the war. And truly,
[00:09:00] I must tell you that
[00:09:04] we had no intention
[00:09:07] of talking about the operations
[00:09:10] that the Air Force or the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:09:14] carried out, because we consider
[00:09:18] this our duty, and we were trained for these
[00:09:22] days, and we were invested for these days.
[00:09:25] And if something happens, and we perform a mission,
[00:09:29] it is part of our inherent duty.
[00:09:32] God forbid, we don't owe anyone,
[00:09:36] and this is our organizational mission, and we perform
[00:09:39] this duty with pride. And
[00:09:43] our intention was never to publicize this series
[00:09:47] of missions. And we had no
[00:09:49] plans for propaganda about this. We said,
[00:09:53] God willing, when the war ends, we will talk
[00:09:56] more about it later. And if
[00:10:00] there was a need to talk about it to be recorded
[00:10:03] in the history of the fighters
[00:10:05] of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but
[00:10:09] foreign media could not bring it.
[00:10:20] They themselves were surprised how a
[00:10:23] plane, no.
[00:10:56] And one of those missions that was foreseen
[00:10:59] was this mission that was given to Shahid
[00:11:02] Dowran Air Base and to the Su-24
[00:11:06] aircraft. Two Su-24 aircraft
[00:11:08] were supposed to take off from Shiraz
[00:11:12] and target the US
[00:11:15] Air Force CENTCOM command center
[00:11:19] in the region. This mission was a
[00:11:23] very, very special mission, and
[00:11:27] in any case, a very tough air defense ring
[00:11:30] was imagined for it in the intelligence and operational
[00:11:34] studies that were conducted in the Air Force, and it was correct.
[00:11:37] One reason was that it was the command center.
[00:11:41] It was the largest US air base
[00:11:44] in the region, in Al Udeid.
[00:11:47] And second, well, very strong
[00:11:50] air defense systems like Patriot and THAAD
[00:11:53] protected this base. In addition,
[00:11:57] well, the air patrols that were carried out
[00:12:00] 24/7 from the beginning of
[00:12:03] the war at various altitudes by CENTCOM
[00:12:06] aircraft and the aircraft of the Qatari
[00:12:10] government itself were ongoing.
[00:12:14] This led our pilots to the conclusion that they
[00:12:17] had a very, very difficult mission ahead of them,
[00:12:21] and they accepted this mission with sufficient
[00:12:26] information and a very high degree
[00:12:29] of risk-taking, despite the very high danger
[00:12:33] that this mission had. They actually made an impossible
[00:12:36] operation possible. Yes,
[00:12:38] in any case, we knew
[00:12:41] that the enemy's equipment and forces were very strong,
[00:12:44] the air defense ring was very strong, and
[00:12:46] unfortunately, the border between us and Al Udeid
[00:12:50] was a sea border. that
[00:12:53] the total width of the Persian
[00:12:56] Gulf and these flights
[00:12:59] had to continue at low altitude
[00:13:02] until there. A few days after that operation, if
[00:13:06] you remember, it was announced
[00:13:09] that we had targeted an over-the-horizon radar
[00:13:13] with a range of 5,000 kilometers in Al Udeid.
[00:13:15] Well, that radar, look,
[00:13:19] 5,000 kilometers from Qatar
[00:13:22] to where? 5,000 kilometers exactly to Shiraz.
[00:13:26] Our Shiraz, right? Not beyond.
[00:13:29] It covered beyond our Shiraz 100%.
[00:13:32] Completely. Yes, completely. The entire region was
[00:13:36] under the control of that 5,000-kilometer
[00:13:39] over-the-horizon radar, even smaller radars,
[00:13:43] even their tactical radars, Patriot and
[00:13:46] THAAD radars. According to the studies we had, it covered
[00:13:49] almost beyond Shiraz completely. Now, not the over-the-horizon.
[00:13:53] That was beyond that and even covered the north
[00:13:57] of the country. But their
[00:14:01] lower radars also covered
[00:14:03] the Shiraz region and the entire Persian Gulf and the south of our country.
[00:14:07] If I understand correctly, given what
[00:14:10] you are pointing out, our aircraft that took off from
[00:14:14] Shiraz were under their radar, right?
[00:14:18] Yes, that is, despite
[00:14:22] everything, all four of our pilots... Yes, well, it was possible
[00:14:25] that we would use the terrain and valleys
[00:14:29] until the sea, but when the planes reached the water,
[00:14:33] they had to fly at an altitude of
[00:14:36] less than a hundred feet, 30 meters,
[00:14:40] over the sea. Over the sea, yes, very difficult, and they did
[00:14:44] this to reach the target and succeed. But
[00:14:47] still, this
[00:14:51] danger existed even
[00:14:53] at that altitude with the risk of encountering
[00:14:56] various air defense rings and
[00:15:00] planes that were in the air, but despite
[00:15:03] all of this, the technological
[00:15:07] difference between our aircraft
[00:15:10] and well, our aircraft were knows that
[00:15:14] they were third-generation, and
[00:15:18] the aircraft they had were all fourth-generation
[00:15:22] plus-plus or fifth-generation.
[00:15:26] This, in any case, the volume of ground
[00:15:29] defense and air defense and finally
[00:15:33] the technological generational difference
[00:15:36] did not prevent these pilots who were performing this mission
[00:15:40] from backing down, and all of them, with a very
[00:15:43] good spirit and
[00:15:45] with complete courage and bravery, accepted this
[00:15:49] responsibility and mission and, by the grace of God,
[00:15:52] carried it out. And except for Martyr Kazemi,
[00:15:56] whose body was returned to the country after
[00:15:59] targeting this base after some time,
[00:16:03] the status of our three fighter pilots
[00:16:07] is clear. The status of that pilot is not exactly
[00:16:11] clear. God willing, we hope that
[00:16:14] the information is incomplete.
[00:16:17] We have not yet
[00:16:20] received clear and transparent information from the Ministry of Foreign
[00:16:23] Affairs or intelligence sources.
[00:16:27] They are cooperating so that we can finally
[00:16:30] find more precise information about our pilots.
[00:16:34] This is ongoing, meaning the intelligence deputies
[00:16:38] of the Army, the General Staff, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are consulting.
[00:16:41] And God willing, our wish is that these heroes
[00:16:45] will return to their country safely and with honor.
[00:16:49] But in any case, they did a great
[00:16:52] job. They did something that, in any case,
[00:16:55] Martyr Babaei, in 1987,
[00:16:58] despite being the Deputy Chief of Operations
[00:17:02] of the Air Force, he himself sat in the plane
[00:17:06] and carried out that mission against Iraq.
[00:17:10] That is, that position and responsibility
[00:17:12] and rank did not prevent Martyr Babaei
[00:17:16] from performing the flight. Although, as we mentioned earlier,
[00:17:19] Martyr Dowran also had a similar incident, almost
[00:17:23] an unexpected operation.
[00:17:25] Dowran, who is called a "martyr of faith,"
[00:17:28] meaning the late Eskandari, this
[00:17:31] mission to attack
[00:17:34] the headquarters
[00:18:07] has been carried out against American bases in the region. Yes,
[00:18:11] well, it was as if the enemy was expanding
[00:18:14] its military bases,
[00:18:17] especially in the air dimension, in all countries,
[00:18:21] in the Emirates, in Qatar,
[00:18:25] in Kuwait, in Bahrain,
[00:18:28] which was the naval
[00:18:30] base, the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy.
[00:18:34] In the context of the expansion
[00:18:38] of these bases in the south of the country, well, we
[00:18:41] would finally get information, intelligence work would be done,
[00:18:44] and the Air Force intelligence,
[00:18:48] the General Staff, and the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:18:50] would monitor these
[00:18:54] and plan for such days. There was Al Udeid,
[00:18:58] and Arifjan, and Arabi, and Heir. And
[00:19:00] yes, there was Al Zafrah.
[00:19:04] Yes, yes, all
[00:19:07] of these, both naval and air, were expanding in the region,
[00:19:11] and we realized that this expansion
[00:19:14] of these bases was not for any country other than the Islamic Republic
[00:19:18] of Iran. After all, this base was built years ago.
[00:19:21] The main target was the Islamic Republic,
[00:19:24] and we had done intelligence work, and if
[00:19:28] a mission was to be carried out,
[00:19:32] we had planned for it, and by the grace of God,
[00:19:35] whenever the General Staff requested a mission from the Air Force,
[00:19:39] we carried out that mission,
[00:19:42] and this mission was one of those
[00:19:46] missions, that these loved ones, with complete
[00:19:49] courage, really did something.