Leader Decorates Gen. Hajizadeh With Fat’h Order
TEHRAN -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei here Sunday conferred the Order of Fat’h (Conquest) on Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division.
The order is granted to warriors with dramatic victories. The awarding on Sunday came after Iran’s launch of 180 ballistic missiles at Israeli military and intelligence bases in the Tel Aviv area on Tuesday.
“The awarding of the order is in recognition of the brilliant Operation True Promise,” Iran’s news agencies reported.
The medal consists of the likeness of three palm leaves on top of the grand mosque of Khorramshahr in southwest Iran as a symbol of resistance, the flag of Iran and the word fat’h.
In April, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles against Israel, in an unprecedented attack that came as a response to the occupying regime’s raid on the Iranian consulate in Syria.
On Tuesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched 180 ballistic missiles at two Israeli airbases housing F-35 and F-15 warplanes as well as the Mossad headquarters in retaliation for the regime’s assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and a top IRGC commander.
The Zionist regime escalated its military operations on two fronts with heavy bombing raids and mass evacuation orders in southern Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, as officials issued new threats against Iran before the one-year anniversary of the October invasion the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops near the Lebanese border on Sunday for the first time and declared that Israel would push ahead with its aggression.
War minister Yoav Gallant vowed that Israel would attack Iran at a time of its choosing.
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri reaffirmed the readiness of Iran’s armed forces to confront any potential threats.
Tangsiri emphasized that Iran has