This announcement coincides with the Fajr ceremony, a ten-day celebration leading up to the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, and comes on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Air Force’s historic pledge of allegiance to the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini.

General Vahedi made the announcement during a meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, attended by commanders and personnel of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.

The meeting took place in the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah and on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the significant pledge of allegiance made by Air Force commanders to Imam Khomeini in 1979.

In another segment of his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei acknowledged the remarkable incident that occurred on February 8, 1979, when the Iranian Air Force personnel pledged allegiance to Imam Khomeini.

He regarded this event as being of immense significance, while carrying infinite lessons and teachings. “The Air Force took the lead in joining the Revolution through self-sacrifice, sincerity and bravery and it played the very important role of acting as a catalyst in the victory of the Revolution on the 22nd of Bahman,” he said.

The Leader recalled that during the Pahlavi era, the Iranian Air Force was completely in the possession of and under the control of the U.S. in terms of command, policies and equipment.

“The religious and Revolutionary elements, with their self-sufficient voluntary efforts, removed the Air Force from the ownership of the United States and transformed it into a purely Iranian force,” he added.

While pointing out that the 22nd of Bahman and the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution is approaching, Ayatollah Khamenei stated, “In the same way that in the past 45 years, people have continuously taken to the streets in all cities and villages without a single pause to support their Revolution, and to obey and pledge their allegiance to the magnanimous Imam [Khomeini], God willing, our beloved people will once again participate fervently in the 22nd of Bahman rally this year as a demonstration of our national strength.”

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Among the news stuff in just a couple of days ago, there was some reporting the successful test of strategic and domestically-developed “Bavar-373”  (Bavar means belief in Persian) air defense missile system and its tracing and destroying of an electro-optic-guided target during the joint specialized air defense maneuver codenamed ‘Modafe’an-e Aseman-e Velayat 99’ (Guardians of Velayat’s Sky-99), and for the first time in a drill, the missile system successfully stopped a predetermined target.

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What is evident and seen in the interviews of the commanders during this drill is that this was the first presence of the Bavar-373 system in an all-out drill rehearsal of a genuine air defense combat which registered a very successful performance in the framework of Iran’s integrated air defense network.

The state-of-the-art surface-to-air Bavar 373 missile defense system is Iran’s the first altitude air defense with high range which was designed and manufactured by the country’s experts and first was unveiled  in August 2019.

While congratulating this great success, Spokesman of ‘Modafean Aseman Velayat’ (The Defenders of Velayat Skies) Military Drill Second Brigadier General Amir Abbas Farajpour said, “Our country’s indigenous defense systems have a lot to demonstrate in the world and today we have appeared in this field on a global level. Of course, we have never been satisfied with the current situation and we are always updating and upgrading our systems and equipment to protect and defend the country’s sky from enemies’ threats.”

The spokesman of the drill has emphasized that during the drill, some air defense tactics were adopted by weighing the realities of a genuine combat with considering enemies’ capabilities, adding that for any visible and hidden angle in different layers of the air defense, necessary measures had been taken. He then said, “Our commanders in the air defense, with reviewing and weighing all weak and strong points of defensive plans and taking smart measures and actions, have been able to secure a safe sky under upgrading the defensive power. All designed hypothetical unmanned aircrafts and drones of enemies in the mid-altitude and their intrusion into the drill area were to be traced and destroyed by the Iranian Air Defense Force’s Mersad and the IRGC Aerospace Force’s Tabas defense systems which had been assigned by the integrated air defense network. Fire operations and rapid movement of defense systems from one location to other locations were among the measures taken in this stage of the drills, which were successfully carried out with the aim of preventing the hypothetical enemies to find the location of defense systems.”

According to the media center of the drill, during this joint specialized air defense of Guardians of Sky of Velayat’s Sky 99, besides Bavar-373 system, Mersad System of Air Force as well as Tabas System of IRGC targeted the hostile invading targets.

Meanwhile Qadir, Moraqeb and Bashir radars of the IRGC Aerospace Force and the Army Air Force detected flying targets over the general zone of the exercises, including manned and unmanned aircraft of the IRGC Aerospace Force and Army Air Force, which flew from various bases on the second day of massive aerial drills. After detection and tracing, the three powerful radars provided information on the discovered flying targets to the country’s integrated air defense network.

That under sanction resolutions restricting the national defense system as well as restrictions resulted by the disgraceful JCPOA agreement which had been imposed by the enemies and all of them have never been able to surround our defense power in the framework of their expectation, it is very surprising, and endless thanks to Almighty God.

It is very surprising that our committed, expert and religious forces in the Armed forces with a gradual pace and an amazing trust on God has enabled the country, which used once to demand even its smallest military needs from the foreigners, to be safe, from every direction, against any invasion of ill-wishers either regional or trans-regional ones. In fact it is exemplary in the history.

And this means only this item is praised more than all power showing stages achieved during the Sacred Defense. May God bless the founders of these innovations.

 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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Bilateral cooperation between Iran and Iraq can play an important role in strengthening peace, security and stability in the region to a great extent, Bagheri added.

Iran attaches great importance to its relationship with Iraq, he said, calling for boosting strategic, technical and industrial cooperation between the two sides.

“We consider security and development of Iraq as security and development of our own country,” Major General Bagheri reiterated.

For his part, Commander of the Iraqi Army Aviation, Staff Lieutenant General Hamed al-Atiya thanked Iran for its unsparing support to Iraq in the fight against ISIL and Takfiri terrorists and emphasized, “Iraq government is deeply interested in boosting and enhancing bilateral ties with Iran in all areas.”

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 Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force, Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a part of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force will hold a joint two-day drills tomorrow in large parts the country.

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