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00:00:00From IRIB News Agency, I thank you, dear and respected viewers,
00:00:03who are still with us and watching the news channel.
00:00:07Let's watch the upcoming news section and we'll be back.
00:00:23Good morning. The President , in a
00:00:26television interview, referring to the support
00:00:29of the martyred leader for the government, said: "With his martyrdom,
00:00:32we lost a great asset and support."
00:00:36The enemies envisioned the collapse
00:00:38of Iran, but the Islamic Revolution
00:00:42continued its path with
00:00:44strength.
00:00:46We lost a great asset and support. Especially us,
00:00:49the government, stood behind us like a mountain,
00:00:53supporting us. All these discussions
00:00:56we have, I frankly told him everything.
00:01:00Maybe I didn't say many things now that I used to bring up
00:01:04with my dear leader there. And he
00:01:06really helped us a lot, accompanied us a lot.
00:01:10He helped us to get here. If
00:01:13it wasn't for his help, the possibility of social
00:01:16tensions could have emerged much earlier than that
00:01:20war in our society and shown itself. And the enemy had calculated
00:01:24this. That is, all calculations were that we would take actions,
00:01:27people would become dissatisfied, and this would happen.
00:01:33They came and hit with two missiles and destroyed the country, they would overthrow the country.
00:01:35But his support
00:01:39did not allow it. And
00:01:43then, when they became desperate, I realized they had to come and
00:01:46martyr the leader, because his support had
00:01:50brought us this
00:01:50far.
00:01:56Mr. Pezeshkian also, while emphasizing the irrationality of the enemies in their
00:02:00attack on Iran, said: "When I think about the crimes of these
00:02:03human-like creatures, the emptiness of human rights organizations
00:02:07becomes more
00:02:09apparent."
00:02:11I have said many times that these discussions about human rights,
00:02:15freedom, and things
00:02:16they say
00:02:20were not strong in my mind, but now it's all
00:02:23collapsed. The
00:02:26first step is: why did they martyr our leader?
00:02:31For what crime did they martyr our commanders? For what crime did they martyr our scientists?
00:02:35And
00:02:38then, our children... The more I think,
00:02:41I don't see any logic in this. Why
00:02:44do
00:02:46they have a problem with every symbol
00:02:50of our capability,
00:02:54stability, innovation, and creativity?
00:02:57Our university, our
00:03:08university professors who are knowledgeable and creative,
00:03:11they strike them down.
00:03:17The US Vice President, defending the Trump administration's
00:03:21approach to Iran, claimed that Washington is still
00:03:24seeking to end the conflict and reach
00:03:28an agreement with Tehran. JD Vance,
00:03:30acknowledging the difficulty and volatility of the negotiations,
00:03:33said: "I accept the responsibility for the difficulty of the negotiations
00:03:37because the Iranians are tough negotiators." The
00:03:41US Vice President stressed that reaching an agreement takes
00:03:44time, but the US uses all tools to end
00:03:48this conflict. These statements are made while
00:03:52the process of previous understandings between Tehran and Washington
00:03:55has faced a stalemate due to broken promises,
00:03:58continued sanctions, and the US's contradictory approach.
00:04:02is.
00:04:05The foreign ministers of several Arab and Islamic countries, in
00:04:08the final statement of the Oman meeting, condemned the illegal
00:04:12policies and actions of the Zionist regime to change
00:04:15the Arab and Islamic identity of the city of Quds.
00:04:18The participants in the Oman meeting considered
00:04:21these actions of the Israeli regime null and void
00:04:25without any legal effect, and emphasized that
00:04:28East Quds is part of the occupied Palestinian territories
00:04:32and is considered the capital of the State of Palestine,
00:04:36which must be established based on international
00:04:38resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative as a free,
00:04:42independent, and sovereign state within the borders
00:04:45of June 4, 1967. The Egyptian
00:04:49Foreign Minister also rejected any plan to displace
00:04:52Palestinians and emphasized that only the establishment
00:04:55of an independent Palestinian state with East
00:04:58Quds as its capital will guarantee lasting
00:05:02security and stability for the region. Until
00:05:06the next news
00:05:07segment.
00:05:19Good time to you. Thank you very much for watching the news channel
00:05:23programs. Well, today is August 15th, the day of
00:05:26the martyrdom of Major General Martyr
00:05:29Abbas Babaei, who was martyred
00:05:31in 1367.
00:05:33What Martyr Babaei displayed
00:05:37in 1367 is still continuing in the Army
00:05:40of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this
00:05:44courage and the courageous actions
00:05:47that the forces of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially
00:05:51the swift pilots of the Army of the Islamic Republic
00:05:54of Iran, carry out, we saw in the Ramadan War,
00:05:57the imposed war, and also Martyr Kazemi,
00:06:01whose funeral and burial
00:06:04ceremony for his pure body was held in Shiraz
00:06:08a few days ago. All you dear
00:06:12and respected viewers saw the pictures on the news channel
00:06:15and heard the reports in various news sections.
00:06:19On the occasion of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Martyr Babaei,
00:06:23we want to hear more about the actions
00:06:26of the swift pilots of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:06:29from Brigadier General Pilot
00:06:33Masoud Jafari, Coordinating Deputy of the Air Force
00:06:36of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Amir, greetings to
00:06:40you, welcome. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:06:43Greetings and good luck to Your Excellency and
00:06:47your very dear and respected
00:06:50colleagues. And I thank you for the time
00:06:54you gave to the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:06:58on this dear day to talk about Martyr Babaei
00:07:01and the recent missions of the Air Force.
00:07:05First, I
00:07:08greet all the dear people
00:07:13of Islamic Iran who, in the past few
00:07:16days, have been present with authority in the field
00:07:20and in the streets, and
00:07:22have encouraged
00:07:26their fighters on various fronts
00:07:29and the various forces of the Army of the Islamic Republic
00:07:32and the Revolutionary Guard. First,
00:07:35we send greetings to the pure soul of Imam Khomeini.
00:07:39We send greetings to the pure soul of the martyred
00:07:42Imam, and we wish health, success,
00:07:46and prosperity for the Supreme Leader
00:07:49and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
00:07:52We also send greetings to the pure souls of all
00:07:55the martyrs of the recent war, commanders,
00:07:59scientists, commanders,
00:08:03and the dear people
00:08:06who were martyred in various parts of our dear country.
00:08:10And we offer condolences for the martyrdom of all
00:08:13these loved ones and these great ones to His Holiness the Twelfth Imam,
00:08:16and we also ask for patience and
00:08:20eternal reward for their families and loved ones.
00:08:24Thank you very much for accepting our invitation, Amir.
00:08:28If you agree, please talk about
00:08:31the courageous actions of the pilots
00:08:34of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
00:08:37especially and particularly in the attack
00:08:40on American bases
00:08:42in the region at the beginning of the Third Imposed War,
00:08:46the Ramadan War. Yes, in any case, I must tell you
00:08:50that it has been more than five months
00:08:54since this series of operations and
00:08:58those early days of the war. And truly,
00:09:00I must tell you that
00:09:04we had no intention
00:09:07of talking about the operations
00:09:10that the Air Force or the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:09:14carried out, because we consider
00:09:18this our duty, and we were trained for these
00:09:22days, and we were invested for these days.
00:09:25And if something happens, and we perform a mission,
00:09:29it is part of our inherent duty.
00:09:32God forbid, we don't owe anyone,
00:09:36and this is our organizational mission, and we perform
00:09:39this duty with pride. And
00:09:43our intention was never to publicize this series
00:09:47of missions. And we had no
00:09:49plans for propaganda about this. We said,
00:09:53God willing, when the war ends, we will talk
00:09:56more about it later. And if
00:10:00there was a need to talk about it to be recorded
00:10:03in the history of the fighters
00:10:05of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but
00:10:09foreign media could not bring it.
00:10:20They themselves were surprised how a
00:10:23plane, no.
00:10:56And one of those missions that was foreseen
00:10:59was this mission that was given to Shahid
00:11:02Dowran Air Base and to the Su-24
00:11:06aircraft. Two Su-24 aircraft
00:11:08were supposed to take off from Shiraz
00:11:12and target the US
00:11:15Air Force CENTCOM command center
00:11:19in the region. This mission was a
00:11:23very, very special mission, and
00:11:27in any case, a very tough air defense ring
00:11:30was imagined for it in the intelligence and operational
00:11:34studies that were conducted in the Air Force, and it was correct.
00:11:37One reason was that it was the command center.
00:11:41It was the largest US air base
00:11:44in the region, in Al Udeid.
00:11:47And second, well, very strong
00:11:50air defense systems like Patriot and THAAD
00:11:53protected this base. In addition,
00:11:57well, the air patrols that were carried out
00:12:0024/7 from the beginning of
00:12:03the war at various altitudes by CENTCOM
00:12:06aircraft and the aircraft of the Qatari
00:12:10government itself were ongoing.
00:12:14This led our pilots to the conclusion that they
00:12:17had a very, very difficult mission ahead of them,
00:12:21and they accepted this mission with sufficient
00:12:26information and a very high degree
00:12:29of risk-taking, despite the very high danger
00:12:33that this mission had. They actually made an impossible
00:12:36operation possible. Yes,
00:12:38in any case, we knew
00:12:41that the enemy's equipment and forces were very strong,
00:12:44the air defense ring was very strong, and
00:12:46unfortunately, the border between us and Al Udeid
00:12:50was a sea border. that
00:12:53the total width of the Persian
00:12:56Gulf and these flights
00:12:59had to continue at low altitude
00:13:02until there. A few days after that operation, if
00:13:06you remember, it was announced
00:13:09that we had targeted an over-the-horizon radar
00:13:13with a range of 5,000 kilometers in Al Udeid.
00:13:15Well, that radar, look,
00:13:195,000 kilometers from Qatar
00:13:22to where? 5,000 kilometers exactly to Shiraz.
00:13:26Our Shiraz, right? Not beyond.
00:13:29It covered beyond our Shiraz 100%.
00:13:32Completely. Yes, completely. The entire region was
00:13:36under the control of that 5,000-kilometer
00:13:39over-the-horizon radar, even smaller radars,
00:13:43even their tactical radars, Patriot and
00:13:46THAAD radars. According to the studies we had, it covered
00:13:49almost beyond Shiraz completely. Now, not the over-the-horizon.
00:13:53That was beyond that and even covered the north
00:13:57of the country. But their
00:14:01lower radars also covered
00:14:03the Shiraz region and the entire Persian Gulf and the south of our country.
00:14:07If I understand correctly, given what
00:14:10you are pointing out, our aircraft that took off from
00:14:14Shiraz were under their radar, right?
00:14:18Yes, that is, despite
00:14:22everything, all four of our pilots... Yes, well, it was possible
00:14:25that we would use the terrain and valleys
00:14:29until the sea, but when the planes reached the water,
00:14:33they had to fly at an altitude of
00:14:36less than a hundred feet, 30 meters,
00:14:40over the sea. Over the sea, yes, very difficult, and they did
00:14:44this to reach the target and succeed. But
00:14:47still, this
00:14:51danger existed even
00:14:53at that altitude with the risk of encountering
00:14:56various air defense rings and
00:15:00planes that were in the air, but despite
00:15:03all of this, the technological
00:15:07difference between our aircraft
00:15:10and well, our aircraft were knows that
00:15:14they were third-generation, and
00:15:18the aircraft they had were all fourth-generation
00:15:22plus-plus or fifth-generation.
00:15:26This, in any case, the volume of ground
00:15:29defense and air defense and finally
00:15:33the technological generational difference
00:15:36did not prevent these pilots who were performing this mission
00:15:40from backing down, and all of them, with a very
00:15:43good spirit and
00:15:45with complete courage and bravery, accepted this
00:15:49responsibility and mission and, by the grace of God,
00:15:52carried it out. And except for Martyr Kazemi,
00:15:56whose body was returned to the country after
00:15:59targeting this base after some time,
00:16:03the status of our three fighter pilots
00:16:07is clear. The status of that pilot is not exactly
00:16:11clear. God willing, we hope that
00:16:14the information is incomplete.
00:16:17We have not yet
00:16:20received clear and transparent information from the Ministry of Foreign
00:16:23Affairs or intelligence sources.
00:16:27They are cooperating so that we can finally
00:16:30find more precise information about our pilots.
00:16:34This is ongoing, meaning the intelligence deputies
00:16:38of the Army, the General Staff, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are consulting.
00:16:41And God willing, our wish is that these heroes
00:16:45will return to their country safely and with honor.
00:16:49But in any case, they did a great
00:16:52job. They did something that, in any case,
00:16:55Martyr Babaei, in 1987,
00:16:58despite being the Deputy Chief of Operations
00:17:02of the Air Force, he himself sat in the plane
00:17:06and carried out that mission against Iraq.
00:17:10That is, that position and responsibility
00:17:12and rank did not prevent Martyr Babaei
00:17:16from performing the flight. Although, as we mentioned earlier,
00:17:19Martyr Dowran also had a similar incident, almost
00:17:23an unexpected operation.
00:17:25Dowran, who is called a "martyr of faith,"
00:17:28meaning the late Eskandari, this
00:17:31mission to attack
00:17:34the headquarters
00:18:07has been carried out against American bases in the region. Yes,
00:18:11well, it was as if the enemy was expanding
00:18:14its military bases,
00:18:17especially in the air dimension, in all countries,
00:18:21in the Emirates, in Qatar,
00:18:25in Kuwait, in Bahrain,
00:18:28which was the naval
00:18:30base, the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy.
00:18:34In the context of the expansion
00:18:38of these bases in the south of the country, well, we
00:18:41would finally get information, intelligence work would be done,
00:18:44and the Air Force intelligence,
00:18:48the General Staff, and the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:18:50would monitor these
00:18:54and plan for such days. There was Al Udeid,
00:18:58and Arifjan, and Arabi, and Heir. And
00:19:00yes, there was Al Zafrah.
00:19:04Yes, yes, all
00:19:07of these, both naval and air, were expanding in the region,
00:19:11and we realized that this expansion
00:19:14of these bases was not for any country other than the Islamic Republic
00:19:18of Iran. After all, this base was built years ago.
00:19:21The main target was the Islamic Republic,
00:19:24and we had done intelligence work, and if
00:19:28a mission was to be carried out,
00:19:32we had planned for it, and by the grace of God,
00:19:35whenever the General Staff requested a mission from the Air Force,
00:19:39we carried out that mission,
00:19:42and this mission was one of those
00:19:46missions, that these loved ones, with complete
00:19:49courage, really did something.