KABUL: Hassan Hassanzadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, has claimed that the United States and Israel failed to achieve their objectives and were defeated in the war against Iran.
Iranian news agency Tasnim reported this morning, Sunday, August 9, that Hassanzadeh made the remarks during a visit to Tehran’s air-defense units.
“Iran is one of the major powers in the region and the world, and the U.S. and Israeli leaders have no answer for their repeated failures before public opinion, elites, and people in their respective countries,” he claimed.
The remarks come as the war between Iran and the United States and Israel began with extensive attacks that caused significant damage to infrastructure on both sides and resulted in the deaths of several senior Iranian officials. Tehran, however, maintains that despite the attacks, the United States and Israel failed to achieve their objectives.