'Operation True Promise II' more than 90% successful: Iran defense minister
Iran’s defense minister says the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory operation against the Israeli regime, dubbed Operation True Promise II, has been more than 90% successful.
Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh made the remarks on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, after Iran launched a barrage of long-range ballistic missiles towards Israel.
“Operation True Promise II was carried out with more than 90% success and was fully compliant with international laws,” he said.
Nasirzadeh went on to say that this countermeasure was carried out based on the United Nations Charter, stressing that Iran took military objectives into consideration.
“High-tech missiles with the ability to pass through the enemy's defense systems are aimed at the regime's military targets,” he added.
The Iranian defense minister also pointed to the previous notification about this operation, noting that intelligence centers were also used in this regard.
No civilian sites were among Iran's targets, he said, adding that three military bases and one intelligence and spying base of the Israeli regime were hit.
On Tuesday, Iran launched a barrage og missiles toward the Zionist entity’s military and intelligence and spying bases in a retaliatory attack which set off sirens all over the occupied Palestinian territories.
Flares and missiles were seen in the Tel Aviv sky and explosions could be heard in the occupied al-Quds, while “direct hits” were reported in Negev, Sharon, and other locations.
The operation came in response to the regime’s assassinations of Hamas’s chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan.
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